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Hello everyone 

This is the running update from the Executive Director. Have questions or comments? Suggest some added information or edits? Contact Colin at kantarainitiative dot org.

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Welcome to April 2021's Director's Corner!  

Like many of us, I'm pleased to beckon in the new month, tho' March had plenty to offer. For me it was something of a watershed month, notifying staff and members first in advance of it going public, of my intention to step back from leading Kantara in a few months time.  I'm at that time of life where time and attention is needed on personal finance, assets and property ... and life really. Kantara has been all consuming and I have thoroughly enjoyed the challenge of surmounting hurdles as they arise.  But life balance is important too, and mine is overdue for a reset. Also overdue is my need to switch my residency back to my home country New Zealand for at least 3 years, so the time feels right to hit the reset button on the work side too, rather than having to work much of the night in New Zealand to operate Kantara's primary time zones. It's only a step (semi-retirement), it's not retirement! I will remain in and around Kantara and around the industry for quite a while yet, but more relaxed than the deadline driven cadence of leading a global community of 3 Kantara branded organizations.   

My impending move wasn't Kantara's only news item for March. Far from it. 

There's a sense of this phenomenon emerging in membership too. Please join me in welcoming new members Beruku Identity from the UK, and the Digital Identification Bureau from Papua New Guinea. Thanks to the continued support from renewing members Board Director Presidency holder IDEMIA, MIT Trust :: Data Consortium, Accredited Assessor KUMA, Accredited Assessor Seadot from Sweden, and Individual Contributors Janelle Allen, Lisa LeVasseur and Ross Foard.  Thank you all!  It's great to have you back!  

Regular readers of this blog may recall my mention of the US Treasury's Financial Sector Policy Roundtable on February 9th.  It was a great session (closed to most associations) where members Easy Dynamics, ForgeRock, IDEMIA, ID.me, Mastercard International and MIT Trust :: Data Consortium, together with myself representing Kantara, covered a range of topics across digital identity solutions, Trust Frameworks and certification, Digital Ledger Technologies (DLTs) and Blockchain, Risk and Fraud, and latest implementations.  It was another great session where Kantara was referenced a number of times in the context of go-to best practice.  

Speaking of events, the last week of February and into this first week of March, saw an onslaught of events that Kantara has been approached to speak or exhibit at.  Keep an eye on Kantara's events page as the near-term ones get loaded.  Included in them are

The All-Member-Ballot for the slate of four Directors-at-Large was successful, and they were fully engaged on the February Board call. Some have settled into the Board priority areas and I'll keep you updated on progress there. 

There was so much more that went on in February that we can talk more about in March, but you have the highlights in this nutshell. 

Stay safe, well and above all happy.  

Kind regards,

Colin

Around the Houses:

Marketing:

Program, Work Group and Discussion Group Updates:

  • You can always keep up with the latest news from the Work and Discussion Groups directly on the Leadership Council's Blog. See the list of public groups here.

  • As always, our Specifications, Recommendations and Reports are available for download from our Reports and Recommendations web repository - now with frictionless access.  

  • Not sure where to find things? Membership Bella, Trust Framework Operations & Assurance Director Ruth, Business Development Ambassador Chris, Board Secretariat Ken and myself, together with the Kantara IT team consisting of Sebastian and Gonzalo led by Armin are only too willing to assist.  Contact them here.

Events: See them all here! 

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