IBM has appointed Christina Peters as chief privacy officer. Peters will lead the company's global engagement in public policy and initiatives on data security and privacy. She will also be responsible for a worldwide team of legal, data protection and technical professionals.

Peters has served as a practicing attorney with IBM since 1996, handling various legal matters including transactional, policy, compliance, litigation, and cybersecurity.

Prior to joining IBM, she was a Robert Bosch Fellow in Germany, where she worked at the Federal Cartel Authority and Deutsche Telekom. Earlier in her career, she served at law firm Covington & Burling.