With over a decade of experience in Risk & Compliance Consulting, specialising in Data Protection since 2013, Dessi has worked at Deloitte Belgium, KPMG London, and as an independent consultant. Her roles have ranged from serving as a global DPO for a private bank to advising DPOs in various industries, with a career that has taken her across Brussels, London, Amsterdam, Abu Dhabi, and Oslo.

Her academic background includes a Bachelor's in Law from Sorbonne — Paris 1, and three Master’s Degrees, including an LLM in ICT & IP Law from KU Leuven, and a Master’s in Business Economics Entrepreneurship.

As the Founder & CEO of iReina Software, Dessi’s vision is creating a next-generation smart privacy compliance management platform. Her vision merges deep privacy subject matter expertise and practical lessons learnt throughout her career. iReina blends this expertise with a friendly social-media-like interface, that allows artistic personalisation, transforming it into a work of art.