member
advisory
council
Ayra is currently setting up new member councils. In the meantime, we’d like to thank the following individuals who served on our initial advisory council during our formation period.
Organizational Members
Will Baird
Partner, Fragomen
London, UK
Rilind Bytyqi
Senior Sales Executive, SICPA
Lausanne, Switzerland
David Damen
CTO, Sentiance
Antwerp, Belgium
Fraser Edwards
Co-Founder & CEO, cheqd
London, UK
Dan Giurescu
Founder, Credivera
Calgary, Canada
Mathieu Glaude
Founder & CEO, Northern Block
Toronto, Canada
Kenichi Hamana
CEO, NTT Digital
Tokyo, Japan
Dr. Andre Kudra
CIO, esatus
Frankfurt, Germany
Nick Lambert
Co-Founder & CEO, Dock
Prestwick, UK
Peter Marton
Director of Digital Identity, Fireblocks
New York, USA
Nick Mason
Co-Founder & CEO, ProofSpace
London, UK
Oscar Roque
VP of Transformation, Interac
Toronto, Canada
Markus Sabadello
Founder, Danube Tech
Vienna, Austria
Pooja Sanghvi
Managing Director, Accenture
Bengaluru, India
Didier Serra
Head of Digital Trust Services, Gen
Redwood City, USA
Cristian Talle
Founder & Managing Partner, SCOPEfusion
Mississauga, Canada
David Treat
CTO, Pearson
New York City, USA
Cindy van Niekerk
CEO, Umazi
London, UK
Randy Warshaw
Co-Founder, Provenant
New York City, USA
Ayra Ambassadors
Lyn Brooks
Principal, dHub Group
Canada
JC Cannon
Privacy Strategist, Technologist, Writer
USA
Pyrou Chung
Founder and Foundation Director, Knowledge for Development
Thailand
Görkem Çokçetin
Senior Digital Transformation Cloud Expert-Finance Sector & Digital Natives, Oracle
UAE & Turkey
Franziska Granc
Senior Project Manager, Nimbus
Germany
Smita Gupta
Curator, OpenNyAI, Agami
India
Akash Kapur
Senior Fellow, New America Foundation
USA
Hajji Mostafa Karim
Founder & Certified Social Entrepreneur, Muslim Marriage Services
UK
Sharon Leu
Executive In Residence, JFFLabs, Jobs for the Future
USA
Viky Manaila
Trust Services Director, Intesi Group
Italy
Hilda Moraa
CEO & Founder, Pezesha
Kenya
Ioanna Noula
Founder, The Children’s Online Redress Sandbox
Greece
Jean Philbert Nsengimana
Chief Digital Advisor, Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention
Rwanda
Saarah Shah
Product Manager, Publicis Sapient
UK
Rachel Sibande
Senior Officer, Global Development, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Malawi
Anushka Soma-Patel
Independent Consultant
South Africa
Satyajit Suri
Digital Identity Expert, ID4D Initiative, The World Bank
India
Jacques von Benecke
Group Chief Technology Officer, Druk Holdings & Investment Bhutan
Australia
Kuenga Zam
Director, Department of Digital Transformation, GovTech Bhutan
Bhutan
Yodahe Zemichael
Exec Director, National ID Ethiopia
Ethiopia
Ecosystem Members
Member Advisory Council Observers
John Abbott
Chief Commercial Officer – Global Partnerships, Yoti
London, UK
Dror Gurevich
CEO, Velocity Network
Holon, Israel
Riley Hughes
Co-Founder & CEO, Trinsic Identity Acceptance Network
Salt Lake City, USA
Franziska Meilhammer
Business Development Manager, inGo
Arnstorf, Germany
Nonprofit Members
Member Advisory Council Observers
Christy Cole
Head of Sales & Business Development, National Student Clearinghouse
Herndon, USA
Karla McKenna
Managing Director/Head of Standards, GLEIF
Jersey City, USA
Daniel Saeuberli
Founder & Managing Partner, DIDAS
Zurich, Switzerland
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