PrivIQ appoints Barry Curtin as CEO as founder Tai Chesselet moves to full-time CTO

PrivIQ today announced the appointment of Barry Curtin as Chief Executive Officer. The move sees founder Tai Chesselet transition from Chief Executive Officer into a full-time Chief Technology Officer role, focusing on product and solution development.

Amsterdam, Netherlands — 6 August 2026

Barry brings extensive senior leadership experience, most recently as Group Chief Financial Officer at NTT Data Middle East & Africa(formally Dimension Data). He joins PrivIQ with deep operational and financial expertise to help drive the company’s next phase of growth.

The appointment follows PrivIQ’s recent strategic investment from Gallo Venture Capital, and positions the company to scale its platform and go-to-market as demand for provable AI governance and privacy compliance accelerates worldwide.

“Building PrivIQ has been the privilege of my career, and the best thing I can do for our customers now is to focus where I add the most value – the product. Barry is exactly the right leader for PrivIQ’s next chapter: his operational and financial discipline, and his experience scaling technology businesses, will help us grow responsibly and at pace. I’m excited to partner with him as CTO.”

— Tai Chesselet, Founder & CTO, PrivIQ 

About PrivIQ
PrivIQ is the AI-assisted, human-verified, audit-ready platform for privacy and AI governance. It helps organisations prove — not just document — that data and AI are governed responsibly, across privacy compliance, AI governance, third-party risk and operational risk.

Today PrivIQ serves 375+ customers across 36+ countries with a 4.7★ rating on G2.

Media contact: press@priviq.com | priviq.com

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