Executive Council

The Executive Council acts as a representative body of the PKI Consortium, ensuring efficient and effective governance on behalf of the broader membership. Adhering to the consortium’s bylaws, this group is responsible for:

• Streamlining decisions: Reviewing and deciding on matters that do not require full member discussion to avoid administrative burden and streamline communications.
• Member applications: Ensuring the fair and correct processing of all member applications.
• Code of conduct: Handling escalations related to the code of conduct.
• Sponsors and donations: Overseeing the Sponsors and Donations program.
• Conflict resolution: Deciding when consensus cannot be reached on key issues to ensure the consortium’s work continues to move forward efficiently.

Executive Council Members

EC Chair

Chris Bailey

Board Member at AppViewX

In role since Mar 2025

PKI Consortium Chair

Paul van Brouwershaven

Founder and CEO at Digitorus

In role since Jan 2021

EC Member

Clemens Wanko

Head Trust Infrastructure Div. TUV TRUST IT / Head Conformity Assessment Body at TUV AUSTRIA CERT at TÜV TRUST IT

In role since Jun 2022

EC Member

Mads Henriksveen

Trust Service Manager at Buypass

In role since Jun 2022

EC Member

Dimitris Zacharopoulos

Head of IT Security Department at HARICA

In role since Jun 2022

EC Member

Leo Grove

CEO at SSL.com

In role since Jun 2022

EC Member

Tim Callan

Chief Compliance Officer at Sectigo at Sectigo

In role since Jun 2022

EC Member

Tomas Gustavsson

Chief PKI Officer at Keyfactor

In role since Jun 2022

SI

EC Member

Sudha Iyer

CISO Cryptography at Citi

In role since Jul 2024

Past Positions

EC Chair

Kirk Hall

Director, Policy & Compliance at Entrust

In role Jun 2022 – Feb 2025