Guillaume currently serves as Design Authority for the Mobile Connectivity Solutions GBU in Thales and contributes in this role to innovation, strategy and roadmaps. He’s been involved in GlobalPlatform activities since 2007.

In his role as Chief Technology Officer, Gil is responsible for defining and implementing the technical roadmap for the organization and provides counsel and guidance to the GlobalPlatform Board. He drives forward the development of GlobalPlatform’s specifications and certifications to allow markets and geographies to deploy and manage secure, value-added services. Gil also acts as GlobalPlatform’s central technical liaison point, coordinating the efforts of the technical committees, market task forces and liaisons with industry partners.

In his role at Thales, Gil supports the evolution of the Digital Identity and Security roadmap by enabling open innovation and securing participation in funded innovation projects.

Sébastien has taken the role of SE Compliance Working Group Chair as part of his role in the GlobalPlatform Certification body. He has been involved in GlobalPlatform activities since 2014, contributing to the definition of the Compliance Test Suites. Sébastien is a Consultant at Mellonne.

Mr. AMIEL has chaired GlobalPlatform’s Trusted Service Manager Working Group since 2007. During this time the group has published several specifications related to "system to system" dialogue, including:

• Messaging specification for mobile-NFC service management
• Web Service Profile for GlobalPlatform messaging
• System Protocol Discovery Mechanism

He is also Principle and Chief Software Architect at Thales, where he specializes in Software Architecture, Distributed Processing and Micro-service architectures.

Olivier currently serves as Senior R&D Engineer at STMicroelectronics. Within this role he has software architecture responsibilities for the NFC ecosystem and secure elements.

He joined STMicroelectronics in 2003 and since 1999 Olivier has been active in several smart card projects for banking, transport and near field communication.

Olivier joined the GlobalPlatform Board of Directors in 2017 and was appointed as GlobalPlatform Secretary / Treasurer from 2021 – 2022. He now serves as GlobalPlatform’s Vice Chair and Security Task Force Chair.