Ms. El Rhomri is the current GlobalPlatform Chair and has served on the GlobalPlatform Board since 2015. In 2017, she was appointed as the GlobalPlatform Secretary and in 2021, she was appointed as the GlobalPlatform Chair.

As Vice President Europe / North Africa at Fime, Ms. El Rhomri is supporting Fime’s growth in this region and the deployment of services across payments, banking, and urban mobility. She is a subject matter expert in testing and certification.

David Zeuthen is a Software Engineer at Google and works on the Android Security And Privacy Team out of Cambridge, MA, USA. He is working on Real-World Identity and the author and maintainer of an open-source implementation of the ISO 18013-5 standard for Android which is used in several mDL applications, including Google Wallet. David is also a member of several standards groups related to Real-World Identity, including the ISO working group which wrote ISO/IEC 18013-5:2021 for the Mobile Driving License. David also serves on the Technical Advisory Council of the OpenWallet Foundation.

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.

After many years working in international border management Annet co-founded and lead the Aruba Happy Flow project in 2013 that created the world’s first seamless passenger facilitation uniting the public and private stakeholder at the airport in one identity management system using a single biometric token. Ever since digital Identity and innovation for the travel eco-system have been at the centre of her work. She is currently a consultant for the international travel and tourism industry and works on projects with focus on implementing digital identity wallets and digital travel credentials to create true Seamless Travel while preserving data privacy and data protection. She participated in the LSP EU Digital Identity Wallet Consortium as work package lead for communication and dissemination.

Annet was for many years actively involved in IATA OneID working groups and task forces and in 2020 she was awarded the Women in Biometrics Award. She is also often asked as a public speaker and moderator.

Eric joined ENISA in 2019 following a career in the private sector. He is in charge of the technical coordination of activities related to conformity assessment, and he leads the development of the cybersecurity certification schemes for cloud services and for European digital identity wallets. Before joining ENISA, he worked at several large companies (NXP, Oracle, Gemalto) and smaller ones (Trusted Logic, Prove&Run), in many positions around research and security, in particular around the development of Java Card technology. Eric holds a MS from Florida State University and a Ph.D. from the University of Marseille.

Born in 1993, Markus Bohn pursued and achieved a master’s degree in applied physics from TU Ilmenau, demonstrating a robust foundation in both theoretical and applied aspects of the field.

His career began in the specialized area of high-speed cash processing machines, where he spent four years as a Product Manager at G+D Currency Technology.

Seeking new challenges in digital technologies, he moved to G+D Advance52, a frontrunner in the development of Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDCs). Currently, he holds the position of Senior Product Manager for offline CBDCs, focusing on creating resilient and secure digital currency solutions that operate effectively without continuous internet access and even enable consecutive dual offline payments.

The digitization of identities and payments, including Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDCs), presents a transformative opportunity in the financial landscape. This mutual integration – digital identities and digital payments – not only boosts the security and efficiency of digital transactions but also unlocks new use cases in personal finance, government services, and beyond. Enhanced digital identities linked with digital payments could lead to more tailored financial products, improved access to banking, and robust fraud prevention mechanisms, driving the digital economy forward with greater trust and inclusivity. On the contrary an integration of digital identities into payment schemes reveals challenges as well.

Laurent is responsible at Europe level for developing opportunities in the innovative field of Digital Identity in relation to card and non-card payments. Specifically, Laurent is leading Visa engagement with the European Commission Large-Scale Pilots to ensure that the upcoming EU Digital Identity Wallets can support payment in a secure and seamless way.

Prior to that role, Laurent was in charge of Open Banking product strategy for Europe, and of the adoption of Visa’s digital and risk products across France and Belux. Before Visa, Laurent has developed an extensive experience in payment industry acquired in various roles within Banks (BPCE), Fintechs (Buyster) and Acquirers (Worldline)

Laurent is graduated in both Computer Science (Polytech’Lille) and Marketing & business development (ESSEC, Paris)

Laurent est responsable au niveau européen du développement des opportunités dans le domaine innovant de l'identité numérique en relation avec les paiements par carte et sans carte. Plus précisément, Laurent dirige l'engagement de Visa avec les projets pilotes à grande échelle de la Commission européenne pour s'assurer que les futurs portefeuilles d'identité numérique de l'UE puissent prendre en charge les paiements de manière sécurisée et fluide.

Auparavant, Laurent était en charge de la stratégie produit Open Banking pour l’Europe, et du déploiement des produits numériques, risques et fraude de Visa en France et Belux. Avant Visa, Laurent a acquis une expérience étendue dans l'industrie des paiements dans divers rôles au sein d'émetteurs (BPCE), de fintechs (Buyster) et d'acquéreurs (Worldline).

Laurent est diplômé en informatique (Polytech'Lille) et en marketing et développement commercial (ESSEC, Paris).

Pieter van der Honing is a seasoned professional with over 25 years of experience in secure ecosystems and identity management. He is the Global Business Development Director for Digital Identity at FIME, leading strategic initiatives in certification, industry best practices, and innovation programs. His prior experience includes aligning new ecosystems on standardization and regulation and bringing innovative secure solutions to market in media & entertainment, telecoms, payments and banking, automotive and IoT.

Lauren Del Giudice is team lead for the offline digital euro at the European Central Bank. She has 20 years of experience in the private sector, as an engineer and architect specialising in embedded systems and security.

Jean-Daniel Aussel is Chair of the eID Wallet Task Force at GlobalPlatform and previously served as Security Task Force co-chair between 2015 and 2017. At Thales Digital Identity and Security, Jean-Daniel drives the standardization strategy for all market segments. A longstanding active participant in standardization, he has contributed to several standard organizations for many market segments related to security. President of the Java Card Forum since 2020, Jean-Daniel graduated from McGill University in Montreal and the National Institute of Applied Sciences in Lyon, and holds a PhD in Electrical Engineering.

Florent TOURNOIS is Director of Identity, Trust Services & Production at ANTS. He leads the France Identité program (digital ID & wallet) and coordinates EU projects like POTENTIAL and APTITUDE to advance secure and interoperable digital identity in Europe.