Jakob Glynstrup
Chairman & Director, Biometrics Institute
Jakob is Head of the Danish National ID Centre.
He first joined the Board in November 2020. He was appointed Chairman at the AGM in November 2021.
Jakob is based in Denmark.
He is a “User Member” representative.
Darren Bark
Deputy Chairman, Biometrics Institute
Darren is the Executive Director, Strategic Priorities, Identity, Investigations & Counter Terrorism at the NSW Police Force, Australia.
He joined the board in November 2019 and was appointed Deputy Chairman in December 2020.
Darren is a āUser Memberā representative.
Dan Bachenheimer
Director, Biometrics Institute
Dan is the Global Digital Identity Innovations Technical Lead, at Accenture based in the US.
He joined the board in November 2019.
Dan is a āSupplier Memberā representative.
Hans de Moel
Director, Biometrics Institute
Hans is working for the Royal Netherlands Marechaussee (KMar), part of the Dutch Ministry of Defence.
As a Document & Biometrics Expert he has been working on projects concerning the automation of Border Control and Security.
He was elected to the Board in November 2016.
Hans is based in the Netherlands.
He is a āUser Memberā representative.
Stephanie Schuckers
Director, Biometrics Institute
Stephanie is the Director at Center of Identification Technology Research (CITeR), USA
She first joined the Board in October 2020.
Stephanie is based in the USA.
She is an āAcademicā representative.
Paul Cross
Director, Biometrics Institute
Paul Cross is Head of Sydney Border Practice, at SITA.
He joined the board in June 2019.
Paul is based in Sydney, Australia.Ā
He is a āSupplier Memberā representative.Ā
Stephen Gee
Director, Biometrics Institute
Stephen is the former Assistant Secretary, Passport Integrity at the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Australian Passport Office
He first joined the Board in November 2021.Ā
Stephen is based in Canberra, Australia.
He is an āAssociateā representative.
Dion Chamberlain
Director, Biometrics Institute
Dion is Director, International and Product Strategy at the Department of Internal Affairs New Zealand.
He first joined the Board in November 2021.Ā
Dion is based in Wellington, New Zealand.
He is a āUser Memberā representative.
Naama Ben Zvi
Director, Biometrics Institute
Naama is the Biometric Commissioner and head of the Identity & Biometric Applications Unit at the Israeli National Cyber directorate (PMO Office).
She first joined the Board in November 2023.Ā
Naama is based in Tel Aviv, Israel.
She is a āUser Memberā representative.
The Board Directors have been elected to the Board by the Members at the Annual General Meeting. They represent their personal views on the Board as subject matter experts. All media enquiries should please be directed to the Chief Executive via email.
