SME Comply was set up by Gary O’Reilly, a regulatory and privacy solicitor with over 15 years experience in the areas of risk and compliance, serious fraud and litigation. He has been involved in some highly publicised national cases (including the Mid-Staffordshire inquiry and the horse racing corruption scandal).

Gary is also an experienced privacy solicitor and data protection officer, advising organisations on worldwide data protection and data protection law issues.  He was until recently retained by the largest local authority in Europe to advise on data protection, GDPR and Freedom of Information (FOI) matters.

Gary has also drafted privacy policies, guidance notes, and data protection policies for many employers, including one employer with over 10,000 employees!  

As an MBA graduate Gary can also bring his business acumen to the table, and has a wealth of experience in assisting start up’s  and SME’s in data protection and commercial law issues impacting on tenders/procurement, contracts, data sharing and processing agreements and Brexit planning.