Speakers 2008

SIMalliance is a non-profit industry association made up of the world leading SIM card manufacturers representing 9 of every 10 SIM cards sold in the World.

Jean-Christophe Tisseuil, Board Director, SIMalliance

Head of Marketing and Global Accounts - Sagem Orga

Jean-Christophe Tisseuil as Head of Marketing and Global Accounts at Sagem Orga is responsible for strategic marketing activities and innovation. He is also a Board Director of the SIMalliance. Previously Jean-Christophe was in charge of product marketing for SIM cards with Orange France and of product strategy and marketing for Orange Group. Prior to this he was working at Ericsson as Product Training and Merchandising Manager. Before working in the telecommunications industry, Jean-Christophe spent 8 years in the HR and training industry.



Olivier Leroux, Board Director - SIMalliance
Mobile Product Line Director - Card Systems Division - Oberthur Technologies

Michel Canitrot, Chairman of the Board, SIMalliance
Senior Vice President, UpTeq, Advanced New Telecom Offers - Gemalto

Christina Yap, Media Director, APAC, Celltick


Gil Bernabeu, Technical Director, GlobalPlatform


Seung Hwan Kim, Ph. D., Service Development Team, Convergence & Internet R&D Centre, SK Telecom


Sergio Cozzolino, SCaG Chairman, GSMA


Tim Raby, Managing Director OMTP


Richard TAY, VP, Business & technology, EZ-Link Pte Ltd


Neill Whitworth, Head of SIM Cards, O2 UK


Philippe GEYRES, Managing Director, Oberthur Technologies, Card Systems.


Michele Scanlon, Principal Consultant, Green Giraffe