UK, 17 February 2022 - The Open Identity Exchange (OIX) is pleased to announce Geraint Rogers, Product Director of Identity, Fraud and Financial Crime Compliance at Equifax UK, as the newest member of its Executive Board.

Geraint has worked for brands across the UK financial services spectrum and within several UK and EMEA big data companies. He brings with him a passion for digital enablement and inclusion, and believes in the power of experiences fuelled by the intelligent and proportionate use of data.

As a new Board member, Geraint will help shape the direction and focus of the OIX strategy, to ensure the future success of digital ID and move vital elements to achieve it, such as inclusion, interoperability and trust frameworks, forward.

Geraint said: “Digital experience and expectations are constantly evolving. Society needs the right mechanisms to enable the good and protect from the bad. As such, there is a need for connected global thinking and response. We must think as a global society and consider the interoperability of Digital ID across borders in order to most effectively empower trade, whilst ensuring the correct controls against ever evolving, digitally enabled fraud risk. For us at Equifax, being part of the visionary OIX community means we can connect, collaborate and help drive identity and trust innovation.”

Geraint joins seven other Executive Board members representing Barclays, Microsoft, NatWest, Timpson, Lexis Nexis, Internationals Airlines Group (AIG) and Deloitte.

Nick Mothershaw, Chief Identity Strategist at OIX, said: “Digital ID is moving at a rapid pace across the globe. Our focus is on defining how identity trust will work across sectors and borders, and to ensure it can be accessed by all. Our work is driven by our members who are passionate individuals representing sector leading organisations. Geraint’s vast knowledge and personal drive will be invaluable and we are pleased that our mission is being recognised by organisations like Equifax, who are a critical part of the UK’s financial services infrastructure and play an essential role in the economy.”                        

ENDS

For more information, please contact Serj Hallam 

E: communications@openidentityexchange.org 

T: 07789372771

About The Open Identity Exchange (OIX)

The OIX is a non-profit trade organisation on a mission to create a world where everyone can prove their identity and eligibility anywhere through a universally trusted ID. OIX is a community for all those involved in the ID sector to connect and collaborate, developing the guidance needed for inter-operable, trusted identities. Through our definition of, and education on Trust Frameworks, we create the rules, tools and confidence that will allow every individual a trusted, universally accepted, identity.

About Equifax 

At Equifax (NYSE: EFX), we believe knowledge drives progress. As a global data, analytics, and technology company, we play an essential role in the global economy by helping financial institutions, companies, employers, and government agencies make critical decisions with greater confidence. Our unique blend of differentiated data, analytics, and cloud technology drives insights to power decisions to move people forward. Headquartered in Atlanta and supported by more than 12,000 employees worldwide, Equifax operates or has investments in 24 countries in North America, Central and South America, Europe, and the Asia Pacific region. Equifax Ltd is one of the Equifax group companies based in the UK. Equifax Ltd is authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority. For more information, visit Equifax.co.uk and follow the company’s news on LinkedIn.