• Board Of Trustees

    The Board of Trustees (BoT) is the approving body for decisions about the Foundation. Members are selected to represent diverse expertise from across multiple industries and geographies, ensuring that special interests - whether commercial, governmental, or otherwise - do not unduly influence decisions.

    Stephen Curran

    Trustee, Chair

    British Columbia, Canada

    Line Kofoed

    Trustee, Secretary and Treasurer

    The Netherlands

    Sankarshan Mukhopadhyay

    Trustee, Vice-Chair

    India

    Philippe Page

    Trustee

    Switzerland

    Dr. André Kudra

    Trustee

    Germany

    Jamie Stirling

    Trustee, Ex-officio Guardianship WG

    Ontario, Canada

    Andrew Smith

    Trustee, Ex-officio Steward Council

    United Kingdom

  • Finance Committee

    The Board of Trustees elected a Finance Committee, chaired by the Treasurer.

    Stephen Curran

    Member

    Line Kofoed

    Chair

    Philippe Page

    Member

    André Kudra

    Member

  • Technical Governance Board

    The Technical Governance Board (TGB) is responsible for governing the technical design, architecture, implementation, and operation of the Sovrin Network as a global public utility for self-sovereign identity. The TGB charter has more details on how they accomplish this mission. One of the key tasks of the TGB is to review the technical qualifications of Steward candidates to ensure they meet the requirements and principles in the Sovrin Trust Framework.

    Stephen Curran

    Member

    Victor Martinez Jurado

    Member

    Sebastian Weidenbach

    Member

    Steve McCown

    Member

    Mike Bailey

    Member

    Markus Sabadello

    Member

    Axel Nennker

    Member

    Avesta Hojjati

    Member

    Jan Camenisch

    Member

  • Volunteers

    The Sovrin Foundation is supported by a team of dedicated volunteers and experts who coordinate the important task of the Foundation.

The Sovrin Foundation is governed by three complimentary agreements:

Mission

The Sovrin Foundation is a nonprofit organization established to promote the concept of internet identity for all and to administer the Governance Framework governing the Sovrin Network, a decentralized global public network enabling self-sovereign identity on the internet. The Sovrin Network is operated by independent Stewards and uses the power of a distributed ledger to give every person, organization, and thing the ability to own and control their own permanent digital identity.

Ensure everyone, regardless of circumstance, has access to the Sovrin Network and the utility it entails.
Support the infrastructure of the Sovrin Network by administering the Sovrin Trust Framework
Lead the open-source community effort that develops and builds the Sovrin protocol and the code that embodies it.
Recruit and assist Sovrin Stewards in operating the network
Lead thought and action in the advancement and acceptance of self-sovereign identity and the network on which it is built.