Brian Clayton

Brian joined Omnicom in May of 2022 as Associate General Counsel & Chief Data Privacy Officer. He is responsible for Omnicom’s global privacy program.  

Prior to joining Omnicom, Brian spent 19 years at Conduent, a former Xerox company, where he was Associate General Counsel, Chief Privacy Officer & Chief Compliance Officer overseeing data privacy and compliance for more than 65,000 employees in over 70 countries. While at Conduent, he designed and implemented privacy and compliance programs to ensure compliance with applicable regulations, including Privacy-By-Design, CCPA, GDPR, GLBA and HIPAA. 

Brian began his legal career as a Law Clerk on Wall Street with Hertzfeld & Rubin, P.C., an appellant litigation law firm. In 2002 he moved to Conduent and prior to becoming Associate GC CPO & CCO, he held various leadership roles including: Global Head of the Commercial, Privacy and Procurement Law Departments and Head of the Global Cybersecurity Team.