Ilias Chantzos leads the global privacy program of Broadcom across the company’s business units and regions. He also represents Broadcom before government bodies, national authorities, and international organisations in EMEA advising on public policy issues. Before, he spent 16 years in various government affairs and legal roles in Symantec. Before Symantec, he worked as legal and policy officer in the Directorate General Information Society of the European Commission focusing on information security policy. He covered the Council of Europe Cybercrime Convention and the Framework Decision on Attacks against Information Systems. In addition, he worked on several EU legislative initiatives relevant to information society and security, including directives on Privacy on Electronic Communications, the Data Retention Directive and the European Network and Information Security Agency (ENISA).