WISeKey established a strong Board of Directors with industry representation as well as experienced leaders from global institutions and the financial industry. For strategic matters, WISeKey can count on an extended Advisory Committee (see below)
Carlos Moreira (Swiss) Founder and Chairman of the Board
Mr. Moreira is a former United Nations expert in IT telecommunications, Security and Information Networks. Heading the World Technology of the United Nations Trade Point Programmed, he was responsible for the development of the world’s largest Internet Network of Sites and Secure hubs for E-commerce (GTPNet). Carlos Moreira was born in Spain in 1958 and is a Swiss national. He has over 20 years experience working with information systems for large multinationals, consulting groups, international organizations and the United Nations.
Philippe Doubre (Swiss) Member of the Board and Chairman of the Finance & Audit Committee
Mr. Doubre held the position of President and Secretary General of the World Trade Centre Geneva since 1979. He is also Chairman of the World Trade Centre Association (WTCA) Committee on Information and Communications Nations organizations in Geneva. Prior to this position, Mr. Doubre held several senior positions in the banking and finance industry including Vice President and General Cashier of American Express Paris, General Manager Overseas Development Bank.
Dourgam Kummer (Swiss) Member of the Board and of the Finance & Audit Committee
Mr. Kummer became Member of the Board of Directors in 2003 and joined WISeKey SA in 2005 as CFO. Mr. Kummer held several leading positions in the Structure and Corporate finance in international companies and financial institutions, especially for André & Cie SA where he also held General Management positions in their former Soviets Union and Austria representation offices. He graduated with mention in Company Management and Finance at “l’école de Cadre” in 1988 in Lausanne and obtained a degree on Structure Finance in 1998 and in Strategic Finance in 2006 at IMD. He is also a member of the IMD alumni since 1999 and member of the HEC alumni since 2001.
Christopher Wise (British) Member of the Board and of the Finance & Audit Committee
Mr. Wise founded a family holding company investing in high technology and health projects in Europe and the United States. President of the Sevene Group (Pharmaceutical) of which the family Holding company is the major shareholder. After 8 years of professional experience as an assistant director with Burberry in New York, then as a business director in Paris, he was elected member of the Board of Directors and Director for Europe of the Burberry stores in Paris. He was also managing director of Rémy Cointreau subsidiaries in Europe (Spain, Austria, Eastern Europe, Switzerland, and Italy) for 7 years before his 3 year nomination in 1997 as a director of the Rémy Cointreau S.A.
Daniel Ybarra (Swiss) Member of the Board
Mr. Ybarra began his career in the United Nations. In 1986 joined the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO). He left this organisation in June 2000 to join WISeKey. Additionally, he is a co-founder of the Abanico Foundation; an organization focused on creativity and specialized in the creation of multidisciplinary and intercultural exchange projects. Furthermore, he is actively and pro-bono involved with major initiatives on Corporate Social Responsibility and Sustainable Development, such as ACT (Advertising Community Together).
Juan Hernandez Zayas (Spanish) Member of the Board and of the Finance & Audit Committee
Mr. Hernández Zayas is a former Executive of PriceWaterhouseCoopers Bilbao where he spent 7 years in corporate finance, mergers and takeovers, working with large companies and multinationals as well as important family groups. He is a member of the ROAC (The official Spanish College of Chartered Accountants). In 1995 he moved to the Eguizabal-Paternina Group, one of Spain’s leading wine producers, as Director of Affiliates, responsible for national and international expansion and coordinating the Group’s IPO in 1998. In 2001 Mr. Hernández Zayas was appointed CEO of the Cosimet-Velasco Group, playing a major part in the Company’s diversification strategy and in the consolidation of a large industrial holding