Commencing in 2024, Brent Homan is the Data Protection Commissioner for the Bailiwick of Guernsey. Mr. Homan has over 20 years’ experience in both the Privacy and Competition realms. Prior to his appointment, Mr. Homan was Deputy Commissioner at the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada, where he was responsible for enforcing Canada’s federal public and private sector privacy laws.

Mr. Homan’s accomplishments in Privacy include key enforcement actions such as: Guernsey IT Outage (2025), Gambling Industry Sweep (2024) Canada Post Marketing (2023), Tim Hortons Location Tracking (2022), Facial Recognition – Clearview, Royal Canadian Mounted Police (2020/1), Facebook Cambridge Analytica (2019), Equifax (2018), World Anti-Doping Association Breach (2017), and Ashley Madison (2016).

A global leader in International enforcement, Mr. Homan has co-led numerous international investigations including two Global Privacy Award winning investigations against Clearview and Ashley Madison. Mr. Homan created the Global Privacy Enforcement Network (GPEN) Privacy Sweep and co-chairs the International Enforcement Cooperation Working Group of the Global Privacy Assembly. A digital economy leader, Mr. Homan has advanced global cross-regulatory collaboration in the areas of privacy, consumer- protection and competition, and with his counterparts, has co-founded the Guernsey Consumer Cooperation Forum.

Prior to joining the privacy world Mr. Homan was Assistant Deputy Commissioner at the Competition Bureau of Canada where he led numerous high profile misleading advertising investigations in the Digital Economy and health sectors.

In the area of health, Mr. Homan led Canada’s Tobacco Inquiry that culminated in the removal of Light and Mild labelling from cigarette packaging across Canada.

Mr. Homan holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Economics and Political Science from Carleton University, and a Masters in Economics from the University of Ottawa.