Dr Des Hogan was appointed as Commissioner for Data Protection and Chairperson of the Irish Data Protection Commission in February 2024. Prior to that he was Assistant Chief State Solicitor in the Office of the Chief State Solicitor in the period 2015-2024. He served as  Acting Chief Executive in the Irish Human Rights Commission in 2007 and from 2012 to 2014. He previously worked for the Australian Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission and for Amnesty International in Australia and at Amnesty’s International Secretariat in London. A solicitor by profession, Dr Hogan was awarded a PhD in Law from Trinity College Dublin, a Masters in European Law from University College Dublin and prior a Degree in Law from Trinity College Dublin.