GlobalPlatform Announces 2018 Board of Directors
December 2017 by Marc Jacob
GlobalPlatform has announced its new Board of Directors for fiscal year 2018. With five board seats open in the closely contested election, the following individuals have been appointed to serve a two-year term:
• Rob Coombs – Security Marketing Director, Systems & Software – ARM (re-elected)
• Stéphanie El Rhomri – Vice-President, Technology – FIME (re-elected)
• Rémi de Fouchier – Vice-President, Marketing – Gemalto (re-elected)
• Sebastian Hans – Principal Member of Technical Staff – Oracle (re-elected)
• Olivier Van Nieuwenhuyze – Senior R&D Architect – ST Microelectronics
Marc Kekicheff, Vice President of Chip Innovation at Visa Inc., has retained his position as GlobalPlatform Chairman for the eighth consecutive year, while Nils Gerhardt, Group Vice President with global product responsibility for financial institutions at Giesecke & Devrient, will continue in his role as Vice Chairman for the third consecutive year. Both Marc and Nils have now completed the first year of their current two-year terms on the Board. Stéphanie El Rhomri, who joined the GlobalPlatform Board in 2015, has been appointed to serve as Secretary and Treasurer.