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Claudio joined ESOMAR in 2021. In this capacity as Legal and Public Affairs Manager he is responsible for coordinating ESOMAR’s advocacy efforts.

Claudio is a certified information privacy professional (CIPP/E), obtained a master degree in law “magna cum laude”, and specialized in international relations as master of ceremonies and international protocol. Prior to joining ESOMAR, he also worked as a data privacy analyst at Tesla, compliance officer in different companies throughout the entire digital data-chain and legal trainee in the aero-space sector.

Nordin has been working at ESOMAR since 2013, taking various positions in the area of finance and business processes. Since the beginning of 2020, he is has been heading the Finance and Member Services departments and brings a wealth of experience implementing business processes and routines.

Nordin is a certified Data Protection Officer certified by the Universiteit Maastricht's European Centre for Cybersecurity and Data Protection.

Graduated lawyer with a Master’s in European Law, focused on data protection and privacy law, and a double degree in Spanish Law and European Law at the Universidad Autónoma de Madrid and the University of Maastricht (2017-2021).

 She has worked for ESOMAR since 2022 as Standard Programmes Coordinator and Secretary of the Disciplinary Sub-Committee, focusing on data privacy.

Xabier has been guiding and coordinating the creation of studies, reports and other publications at ESOMAR’s Intelligence Unit since 2018 and now leads the Departments of Professional Standards and Public Affairs. He holds two MSc in International Economics as well as in Marketing from the Erasmus University of Rotterdam in the Netherlands.

His departments provide information and guidance to the industry with documents that include ICC/ESOMAR International Code of Conduct, the Global Market Research report, one of ESOMAR’s most highly regarded member benefit, the Evolution of the Data, Analytics and Insights Industry, ESOMAR’s Global Top Insights Companies ranking and several guidelines to conduct research responsibly.

He has carried out fundamental research to structure the industry through the lattice of research, and created the Insights Market Development Index (IMDI) of countries, which ESOMAR adopted as the backbone for its dynamic pricing model. Originally from Spain, Xabier has been living in the Netherlands for a number of years, is fluent in Spanish and English, has a decent command of Dutch, and loves music about as much as analysis.

Jules van Vlokhoven joined ESOMAR in March 2022 as an intern in the Governmental Affairs and Professional Standards Team. After six months, he became the project coordinator of the GAPS team. In this role, he works on projects such as the Demographics project and the Country Overview page. Jules is from the Netherlands and studied International & European Law in the Hague, where he has developed his knowledge in Data Protection.