GlobalPlatform Announces New Board

20 December 2010 – GlobalPlatform, the organization which standardizes the management of applications on secure chip technology, has announced its Board of Directors for fiscal year 2011, following annual elections for six of the eleven Board seats. Individual members to serve as Board Officers for a one-year team have also been confirmed.

After serving as GlobalPlatform's Vice-Chair for five years Marc Kekicheff, Senior Business Leader of Chip Innovation within the Technology Office at Visa Inc. has now been appointed to Chairman of the organization. Uwe Wittig, Group Vice-President within the Payment Division of the Cards and Services Business Unit at Giesecke & Devrient has been elected as Vice-Chair. Yves Moulart, Director of Development and Innovation within STMicroelectronics' Secure MCUs Division, Secure Software Solutions retains his position as GlobalPlatform's Secretary / Treasurer for the fourth consecutive year.

Six Board seats were open for election. In addition to Marc Kekicheff and Uwe Wittig, each of the following individuals were elected to serve a two year term:

• Jerome Becquart, Senior Vice-President of Products and Services – ActivIdentity
• Richard Orth, Director of Technology Architecture – American Express
• Eikazu Niwano, Senior Research Engineer in the Service Integration Laboratories – NTT Corporation
• Jean-Loup Dépinay, Program Manager, Research & Development Fundings (collaborative projects) – Oberthur Technologies

Kevin Gillick, Executive Director of GlobalPlatform, comments: "I would like to thank GlobalPlatform's Board and all our members for their continued support and energy over the past year. The consistently high levels of engagement from existing members and the continued expansion of the GlobalPlatform membership – we have already welcomed four new organizations since October – demonstrates the value that GlobalPlatform brings to the industry and those that participate in our committees and working groups.   With such a powerful, committed and active membership base, and a very experienced Board in place, I am certain 2011 will be another successful year for GlobalPlatform."

About GlobalPlatform
GlobalPlatform is a cross industry, not-for-profit association which identifies, develops and publishes specifications which facilitate the secure and interoperable deployment and management of multiple embedded applications on secure chip technology.  Its proven technical specifications are regarded as the international industry standard for building a trusted end-to-end solution which serves multiple actors and supports several business models.

The freely available specifications provide the foundation for market convergence and innovative new cross-sector partnerships.  The technology has been adopted globally across finance, mobile/telecom, government, healthcare, retail and transit sectors.   GlobalPlatform also supports an open compliance program ecosystem to ensure the long-term interoperability of secure chip technology.

As a member-driven association with cross-market representation from all world continents, GlobalPlatform membership is open to any organization operating within this landscape.  Its 60+ members contribute to technical committees and market-led task forces.  www.globalplatform.org

The GlobalPlatform Board of Directors, in its entirety, consists of the following GlobalPlatform Members:

• Marc Kekicheff, Senior Business Leader of Chip Innovation - Visa Inc.
• Uwe Wittig, Group Vice-President within the Payment Division of the Cards and Services Business Unit - Giesecke & Devrient
• Yves Moulart, Director of Development and Innovation, Secure MCUs Division,  Secure Software Solutions - STMicroelectronics
• Jerome Becquart, Senior Vice-President of Products and Services - ActivIdentity
• Richard Orth, Director of Technology Architecture – American Express
• Sébastien Tormos, Director of Marketing - Datacard Group
• Rémi de Fouchier, Senior Vice President, Trusted Services Management Business Line - Gemalto
• Christian Delporte, Vice-President, Head of Product Development, Chip Center of Excellence – MasterCard
• Eikazu Niwano, Senior Research Engineer in the Service Integration Laboratories – NTT Corporation
• Jean-Loup Dépinay, Program Manager, Research & Development Fundings (collaborative projects) – Oberthur Technologies
• Sebastian Hans, Senior Standardization Manager – Oracle