Board of Directors

The GlobalPlatform Board is led by three Board Officers, elected annually: Chairman, Vice-Chairman and Secretary/Treasurer. The Board consists of up to eleven directors, elected from Full Member organizations to serve two-year terms, who represent the interests of all GlobalPlatform member organizations. The Board oversees the strategy and management of GlobalPlatform, controls the budget and provides final approval of specification changes.

Marc Kekicheff – GlobalPlatform Chairman
Visa Inc.

Mr. Kekicheff currently serves as Business Leader of Chip Innovation within the Technology Office at Visa Inc. and is responsible for Visa Inc.'s smart card technology compliance worldwide, covering contact and contactless cards and terminals as well as mobile handsets. A highly regarded smart card expert worldwide, Mr. Kekicheff has authored several patents, is well acquainted with IT security and frequently addresses the industry through high profile speaking engagements. Throughout his career he has been a driving force in the development of global smart card technology, worldwide standards and compliance programs. He currently sits on the EMVCo Board of Managers and chairs the Card Approval Working Group for the same organization.

Mr. Kekicheff has been an active member of GlobalPlatform since its inception in 1999 and was a co-architect of the original GlobalPlatform Specifications. Since that time, he has held a number of posts: he was GlobalPlatform's Technical Director between 1999 and 2005, when he stepped down from this role and was elected to the Board of Directors and Vice Chairman of the organization. Mr. Kekicheff has made a significant contribution to GlobalPlatform over the years and has been responsible for the following initiatives, among many others: shaping consortium strategy, initiating industry outreach efforts, obtaining ISO recognition for GlobalPlatform by acting as a technical expert liaison for smart card standardization and providing technical support for implementers of GlobalPlatform technology.

Uwe Wittig – GlobalPlatform Vice-Chairman
Giesecke & Devrient

Mr. Wittig joined Giesecke & Devrient in 2000 and currently serves as the company's Group Vice-President within the Payment Division of the Cards and Services Business Unit. In this role, Mr. Wittig is responsible for the Products & Solutions Center, including the product management and managed services departments, which oversee all technical activities of Giesecke & Devrient's Cards & Services business unit within the financial industry.

Mr. Wittig joined the GlobalPlatform Board of Directors in 2008.

Yves Moulart – GlobalPlatform Secretary/Treasurer
STMicroelectronics

Mr. Moulart serves as Director of Development and Innovation within STMicroelectronics' Secure MCUs Division, Secure Software Solutions. He is in charge of cryptographic, security, smart card technology and product architecture activities, following the acquisition of Proton World International by STMicroelectronics in 2003. Prior to the acquisition, Mr. Moulart was the Chief Technology Officer of Proton World International.

Mr. Moulart has served on the GlobalPlatform Board of Directors since his appointment as a Board Director in 2000.

Jerome Becquart
ActivIdentity

Mr. Becquart serves as Vice-President of products and services at ActivIdentity. He is responsible for overseeing the company's product management team and developing its product strategy; building, managing, and scaling technical support operations globally; and leading the company's best practice consulting, integration, and training services.

Before being appointed to this role, Mr. Becquart held roles of increasing responsibility within the organization. Prior to working at ActivIdentity's head office in California, Mr. Becquart spent three years at the company's Singapore office where he was responsible for the local engineering team and worked on a number of large smartcard banking projects in the APAC region.

Richard Orth
American Express

Mr. Orth currently serves as Director of Technology Architecture at American Express where he has worked for almost 15 years. In his current role Mr. Orth is responsible for the development of long-term strategies and architecture for the payments, ATM network and cryptographic platforms. He is also the primary architect for the architecture and delivery of the chip card products – both contact and contactless. Prior to joining American Express Mr. Orth was the Vice Controller of the Western Region at CNA Insurance assigned to premium and claim analysis.

Mr. Orth joined the GlobalPlatform Board in 2010.

Jon Geater
ARM

Mr. Geater currently serves as Director of Technology and Secure Services Division Chief Technology Officer at ARM. In his current role he is responsible for the vision, strategy and development of strong security technologies throughout the embedded and mobile ecosystem.

Mr. Geater is an expert in the use of cryptography and key management and has broad experience in the information security industry, providing real world enterprise security solutions to financial services, telecoms, hi-tech and government organizations worldwide. Mr. Geater is also co-founder of the OASIS Key Management Interoperability Protocol Group.

Mr. Geater joined the GlobalPlatform Board of Directors in 2011.

Rémi de Fouchier
Gemalto

Mr. de Fouchier joined Gemalto in 2004 and currently serves as Senior Vice-President, Trusted Services Management Business Unit. In this role Mr. de Fouchier is driving the deployment of the mobile contactless initiatives for Gemalto. He is in charge of the product marketing, research and development, service operations as well as the worldwide go-to-market and customer delivery. Prior to this role Mr de Fouchier was the Chief Procurement Officer of Gemalto.

Mr. de Fouchier joined the GlobalPlatform Board of Directors in 2010.

Arnaud du Chéné
MasterCard

Mr. du Chéné currently serves as Vice President, Head of Quality & Approval within the Chip Centre of Excellence at MasterCard Worldwide. Within this role Mr. du Chéné leads the MasterCard global approval strategy and is responsible for the operational approval process for contact and contactless products. His team supports the key industry players, banks and merchants during their approval and integration process. Mr. du Chéné brings with him 20 years’ experience in chip cards and emerging technology.

Mr. du Chéné joined the GlobalPlatform Board of Directors in 2011.

Eikazu Niwano
NTT Corporation

Mr. Niwano currently serves as a Producer in the R&D Planning Department of NTT Corporation. He heads up innovation and standardization on the Smart Card Platform Development Project. Prior to this role, Mr. Niwano was the General Manager of the Europe Office of the Information Sharing Laboratory Group in Paris, where he was involved in a number of European standardization activities.

Mr. Niwano is currently a member of ISO/IEC SC17. He is the editor of eEurope/Smart Card Charter/TB7/WG4 (multi-application architecture) and a member of the CEN e-Authentication Workshop, and the CEN TC224 WG 15. He is additionally a NICSS Fellow and was the former Chair of the GlobalPlatform-NICSS Collaboration Expert Group.

Mr. Niwano has served on the GlobalPlatform Board of Directors since 2005. He is also an active participant on the GlobalPlatform Card Committee and has made a significant contribution to the development of the GlobalPlatform Card Specification.

Jean-Loup Depinay
Oberthur Technologies

Mr. Dépinay serves as Program Manager, Research & Development Fundings (collaborative projects), at Oberthur Technologies. As a Java Card OpenPlatform Architect, Mr. Dépinay has designed and managed several Java Card platforms which have been deployed in banking, identity and mobile markets worldwide and which have focused on single market and converging market programs. He was also responsible for developing Java Card security improvements which led to the delivery of several security certificates, including common criteria and FIPS 140, for Oberthur Technologies' smart card products. Mr. Dépinay is currently a member of the Java Card Forum.

Mr. Dépinay has been an active participant in the GlobalPlatform Card Committee since 1999 and was elected to serve as Card Committee Chair in 2007.

Sebastian Hans
Oracle

Mr. Hans currently serves as Senior Standardization Manager at Oracle, previously Sun Microsystems Inc., where he is responsible for all smart card standardization activities with a strong focus on SIM and UICC technology. While at Sun Microsystems Inc, Mr. Hans has also headed up business development within the telecommunications market and has driven advanced pilot projects for the deployment of Java Card in the banking, insurance and mobile communication markets. Mr. Hans represents Sun Microsystems Inc. in ETSI SCP, 3GPP, OMA and is the Vice Chair of ETSI SCP TEC.

Mr. Hans has served as a GlobalPlatform Board Director since 2007.

At the discretion of the Board Directors, Strategic Directors may be appointed from time to time from individual member organizations, to provide the Board with additional advice or expertise on a particular strategic issue or market. Strategic Directors hold no voting rights. GlobalPlatform currently has one Strategic Director:

Janne Uusilehto – Mobile Strategic Director
Nokia

Mr. Uusilehto currently serves as Director / Head of Product Security at Nokia. In this role Mr. Uusilehto is responsible for product security development across the globe. His team oversees all initiatives related to product security including industry collaboration, education & awareness initiatives and process improvement tasks. Mr. Uusilehto joined Nokia in 1998 and is now a member of several Nokia internal security-related management boards. Additionally, he is Nokia's main representative to Trusted Computing Group (TCG) where he is Chairman of the TCG Mobile Working Group. He is also Chairman of the DIGITALEUROPE Mobile Security Group and Nokia's main representative to, and Board Member of, SAFECode and ICASI forums.

Mr. Uusilehto was appointed to the position of GlobalPlatform Strategic Director by the GlobalPlatform Board in December 2010. He represents handset manufacturers in Board decisions and provides expert industry advice on the organization's mobile strategy.