Award committee

Marijke Salters

During her carrier Marijke focused on innovation. Starting with AI, non generative, in the late 80’s until recently the development of the Dutch eWallet based on EIDAS2. She is convinced  a solid virtual Identity and the identification done by digital instruments is a key factor in trust and can boost local economies. Her 13 years of experience on this topic and following the IAM market makes this a valid statement, she believes. She is honoured to have been and to be part of IDnext association. Recently she changes jobs and joined the CIO-platform community in the Netherlands.

Alexander van den Wall Bake

I am a happy camper if I can deliver the impossible for both customers and organisations forming new collaborations across organisations, delivering value by co creating solutions in a iterative cycle of testing and improving. I help defining a strategic target state and break it down to a feasible road map with clear performance indicators.

Annet Steenbergen

After many years working in international border management Annet co-founded/co-initiated the Aruba Happy Flow project in 2013 that created the world’s first seamless passenger facilitation uniting the public and private stakeholder at the airport in one identity management system using a single biometric token. Ever since digital Identity and innovation for the travel eco-system have been at the centre of her work. She is currently a consultant for the travel and tourism industry and works on projects with focus on implementing digital identity, the (EU eIDAS 2.0) digital wallet and digital travel credentials to create true Seamless Travel while preserving data privacy and data protection. Annet has been actively involved in IATA OneID working groups and task forces and in 2020 she was awarded the Women in Biometrics Award.

Piet Mallekoote

Piet Mallekoote studied macroeconomics at the University of Amsterdam. After a career of 25 years at the Dutch Central Bank he was -until his retirement in 2021- CEO of the Dutch Payments Association for many years and CEO of  Currence (brand owner of Dutch payment schemes, among the online payment product iDEAL and the digital identity scheme iDIN). He was a member of the Digital Euro Market Advisory Group of the ECB (till November 2023). Currently he is a member of the Dutch Institute for Financial Disputes, member of the Dispute Resolution Committee of the European Payments Council and non-executive Board member. He publishes regulary articles on the digitale euro.