Gail Hodges
- Executive director of the OpenID Foundation since May 2021
- Founded the Future Identity Council
- Represents digital identity standards at the G20 and ITU
Bio
Gail Hodges has been executive director of the OpenID Foundation since May 2021. She founded the Future Identity Council and previously led identity and payment business development at Apple and digital payments at HSBC. She represents the foundation in government and multilateral settings including the G20 and ITU.
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Where their work shows up
A specification only matters if governments and regulators write it into their schemes. That is largely relationship work: getting OpenID Connect, FAPI, and OpenID4VC considered by national programmes rather than displaced by bespoke national protocols, and running the certification that lets a procurement officer verify a claim. See the EUDI wallet and digital IDs by country.
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