Robert van Altena

Background

About Robert van Altena

Robert is co-founder of Ver.iD. A company that provides a SaaS platform that creates a gateway for clients allowing their customers to use multiple digital ID wallets for login (authenticated and passwordless), onboarding (KYC) and signing (digital). Other role: Robert is lecturer in the executive master program Compliance & Integrity Management at the Vrije Universiteit with focus on compliance risk management and data governance, AI, KYC and digital identity Background- Robert is economist and certified accountant (RA)- Robert started in 1991 within the audit practice of KPMG and from 2003 up to 2015 he was a member of KPMG’s Advisory practice and from 2016 up to and including 2021 member of of PwC's Risk Assurance practice - From 2004 to 2015 Robert was active in the KPMG sponsored Audit Committee Institute, that trains members of audit committees of big (European) listed companies - He performed many client assignments in the field of advising on regulatory compliance arrangements for both large multinational (financial) institutes and FinTechs:(re)structuring compliance arrangements frameworks, both at group and country-unit level; implementation of specific regulations (e.g. MiFID, AIFMD and AMLD); licensing and disentanglement programs with regulatory implications - In past years he also performed engagements in the field of Distributed Ledger Technology And last but not least: father of great guys and life companion of a fantastic wife