Leadership Team

The people steering the European Signature Dialog.

Michael Butz

Chairman ESD

Michael Butz is currently serving as Chairman of the Board of the ESD. He was also the CEO of A-Trust a major Austrian TSP and is regarded as an expert in the fields of IT innovation and digital regulation.

Marian Jurik

CEO, SEFIRA

Marian Jurik is CEO of SEFIRA, which he founded in 1995. Since then, he has steered SEFIRA to become a respected vendor offering a complex portfolio of eIDAS trust services and to get a QTSP status.

Alfonso Carcasona

CEO, Camerfirma (Infocert group)

Alfonso Carcasona is a founding board member of ESD and the CEO of Camerfirma (Infocert group), one of the leading CAs in Spain and Latam. He served for several years as Chairman of Chambersign.

Danilo Cattaneo

General Manager, InfoCert

Danilo Cattaneo is General Manager at InfoCert since September 2010—and Chief Executive Officer since July 2015. Before landing at InfoCert, Danilo carried out a professional journey at Oracle corporation over 12 years.

Teemu Tukiainen

Team Leader, Finnish Digital Agency

Mr. Teemu Tukiainen is Team leader for the business unit producing the national trust and signature services in Finland, including the national eServices infrastructure Suomi.fi and the national eIDAS operations.

Nuno Ponte

Head of Advanced Solutions, Multicert

Nuno Ponte is Head of Advanced Solutions at MULTICERT, working with PKI technologies since 2001 and deeply involved in projects for eID, ePassport and mDL worldwide.

Gergely Vanczák

CTO, Microsec

Gergely Vanczák is the CTO, the Head of CA Business Unit and a Member of the Board of Directors of Microsec Ltd, a Qualified Trust Service Provider and PKI-based software vendor firm in Hungary, Budapest.

Tomasz Litarowicz

Division Director, Asseco Data Systems

Tomasz Litarowicz is the Director of the Security and Trust Services Division at Asseco Data Systems and is responsible for innovative electronic services delivered to international markets under the Certum brand.

Dr. Kim Nguyen

Managing Director, D-Trust GmbH

Dr. Kim Nguyen is responsible for all technical security topics within the Bundesdruckerei GmbH as Chief Scientist of Security since 2012. He additionally took over the position of Managing Director of D-Trust, the trust centre of Bundesdruckerei GmbH.

Etienne Combet

CEO & Partner, SEALWEB

Etienne Combet is currently serving as Secretary General of the ClubPSCo. He also co-founded SEALWeb, the leading French expert consulting firm for qualified TSPs and has collaborated with European Commission on these topics for over ten years.

Jerome Bordier

CEO & Partner, SEALWEB

Jerome Bordier is currently sitting on the board of LSTI certifying board and serving as Technical Advisor of the ClubPSCo. He also co-founded SEALWeb, the leading French expert consulting firm for qualified TSPs and is an expert working with European Commission, ETSI and ENISA.

Patrick von Braunmühl

Senior Director Public Affairs, Bundesdruckerei

Patrick von Braunmühl is Senior Director Public Affairs at Bundesdruckerei. He is responsible for stakeholder management and political communication in the field of digital policy and cybersecurity.

Adrian Floarea

CEO, certSIGN

Adrian Floarea is CEO of certSIGN, being active for more than 20 years in the area of trust services, electronic identity and development of data protection solutions.

Paul van Brouwershaven

Director of Technology Compliance (Entrust)

Paul van Brouwershaven is Director of Technology Compliance for Entrust’s certification authority and chair of the PKI Consortium. Paul served in the industry for over twenty years and is an active member of industry standards and regulatory groups such as the CA/B Forum and ETSI. Paul has been actively promoting public awareness for internet security and industry best practices prior to the widespread move to adopt security by default.

George Dimitrov

CEO Evrotrust Technologies

Prof. George Dimitrov is a founder and CEO of Evrotrust Technologies – an eID and qualified trust service provider operating in Southeast Europe and Kenya. For many years he was a lawyer and professor in IT law.

Maria Kalli

Digital Trust Services Manager

Maria Kalli is the Digital Trust Services Manager at JCC Payment Systems, Cyprus’ market leader in payment-processing technologies and financial solutions for merchants and financial institutions, while also being a QTSP and an eID provider. She has been dealing with PKI technologies since 2018 and actively leading projects & deployments related to Trust Services such as eID, eSignatures & eSeals.

Ramiro Munoz

Presidencia. CTO AC Camerfirma SA

Since 1986 I have been working on technological projects for the High Council of the Spanish Chambers of Commerce (Spanish Chamber). In 1986 in Camerdata SA I worked as a COBOL programmer building and distributing a database of Spanish Companies using an IBM4361… a long long time ago. Some years later using Videotex, then ASCII connexions, and finally the Internet.

Governance Team