_manuel K.

Manuel K. serves as Privacy Counsel and Data Protection Officer (Interim) at Picnic Technologies since July 2025 and holds the position of Privacy Officer Cooperative Affairs (Interim) at FrieslandCampina since August 2023. With extensive experience in privacy law, Manuel has also acted as Senior Legal Counsel Privacy (Interim) and Global HR Privacy Officer, where responsibilities included building a Global HR Privacy framework and advising on privacy assessments. As the Owner of Hillridge Legal & Privacy since July 2023, Manuel provides consultancy services and has held roles such as Legal & Privacy Counsel (Interim) at Moon Eye Productions. Other notable positions include Data Protection Officer and Director of Legal & Privacy at Harver, Senior Privacy Counsel (Interim) at Fugro, Global Privacy Legal Counsel at Philips, and Legal & Privacy Counsel at TravelBird. Manuel holds an LLM from Utrecht University, has completed international law studies in Valencia, and possesses a Bachelor of Laws degree from Utrecht University.