The Centre for Information Policy Leadership at Hunton & Williams LLP Appoints New Member to Executive Committee

WASHINGTON — January 22, 2010 — The Centre for Information Policy Leadership at Hunton & Williams LLP announces the appointment of Sandra R. Hughes to its Executive Committee. Hughes is the Global Ethics, Compliance and Privacy Executive of the Procter & Gamble Company. She is a past-president of the International Association of Privacy Professionals and a founding member of the Public Policy Steering Committee of GS1/EPCglobal, a standards organization that utilizes Radio Frequency Identification technology. In addition, Hughes has spearheaded industry efforts to create EPC and RFID guidelines for responsible use of the technology for item-level tagging. She is a frequent speaker and author on privacy and compliance-related topics.

Martin Abrams, executive director of the Centre, says, "We are excited to have Sandy on the Board. At a time when information policy law and regulation is changing in North America, Europe and Asia, Sandy will lead efforts to assure the Centre communicates the consequences of new approaches on consumers and business in a very clear manner."

Other members of the Centre's Executive Committee are Scott Taylor, Chief Privacy Officer, Hewlett-Packard Company; Harriet Pearson, VP, Security Counsel & Chief Privacy Officer, IBM; Lynn Goldstein, Senior Vice President and Chief Privacy Officer, JPMorgan Chase; and Barbara Lawler, Chief Privacy Officer, Intuit.

About the Centre for Information Policy Leadership

The Centre for Information Policy Leadership at Hunton & Williams LLP is a global think tank led by internationally recognized privacy professionals who are consistently ranked among the best in their field. The mission of the Centre is to develop practical and innovative approaches to information governance that foster robust use of data while respecting privacy and civil liberties. Privacy professionals at member companies look to the Centre’s analysis and processes to evaluate and improve their information practices.

About Hunton & Williams LLP

Hunton & Williams LLP provides legal services to corporations, financial institutions, governments and individuals, as well as to a broad array of other entities. Since our establishment more than a century ago, Hunton & Williams has grown to nearly 1,000 lawyers serving clients in 100 countries from 18 offices around the world. While our practice has a strong industry focus on energy, financial services and life sciences, the depth and breadth of our experience extends to more than 100 separate practice areas, including bankruptcy and creditors rights, commercial litigation, corporate transactions and securities law, intellectual property, international and government relations, regulatory law, products liability, and privacy and information management.