Conway Ekpo

Conway Ekpo has nearly 20 years of industry experience, including as a litigator at large law firms in New York City, as in-house counsel on Wall Street advising two of America’s largest financial institutions – Merrill Lynch and Morgan Stanley – and as in-house counsel to Silicon Valley startups including financial technology (“fintech”) company Brex and AI-powered data broker Apollo.io.

In his current position at Apollo.io, Conway manages an international team of AI tech product lawyers, privacy lawyers and privacy compliance professionals. His teams are responsible for advising the business on AI development and governance issues and for creating and maintaining a global GDPR-compliant data privacy program. In addition, Conway manages cross-functional project teams.

At Brex, Conway served as Chief Privacy Officer and as Director, Associate General Counsel of Global Product, Partnerships and IP. Prior to his time at Brex, Conway was an Executive Director at Morgan Stanley where he advised the bank on the financial regulations impacting its global wealth management business and digital products and services in over 80 countries. Similarly, at Merrill Lynch he advised the global wealth management business.
Prior to his in-house roles, Conway practiced law as a litigator, handling complex banking, commercial, IP, securities and regulatory litigations at top law firms in NYC.

In 2024, Conway was appointed by New York Governor Kathy Hochul and unanimously affirmed by the New York State Senate to the Board of Directors for the Roosevelt Island Operating Corporation where he serves on the Governance Committee. Conway regularly speaks on tech and other legal issues at industry-leading conferences, such as Money20/20, SIFMA, and the National Bar Association – Commercial Law Section. Conway earned his B.S. in architectural engineering at the University of Kansas and his J.D. at Rutgers Law School where he was Managing Editor of the Rutgers Law Review.