Trust Talks: Exploring Organizational Identity in the Digital Age

As global trade moves from paper to fully digital ecosystems, the harder problem is no longer digitization. It is interoperability and trust at scale. In this episode of Trust Talks, GLEIF CEO Alexandre Kech is joined by Avanee Gokhale, Head of Industry Insights and Global Head of Trade at Swift and Vice Chair of the ICC Digital Standards Initiative Industry Advisory Board, to examine why fragment...

As traditional and digital asset markets increasingly operate side by side, the question is no longer whether standards matter, but whether the standards we already have can evolve fast enough to keep data connected across systems and jurisdictions. In Episode 11 of Trust Talks, GLEIF CEO Alexandre Kech speaks with Laura Stanley, Director of Entity Data and Symbology at London Stock Exchange Group...

Europe's move to T+1 settlement by October 2027 is putting pressure on every link in the post-trade chain. Matching, confirmation, settlement, collateral management, liquidity — all of it needs to move faster, and with far fewer errors.    In this episode, GLEIF CEO Alexandre Kech sits down with Maria Keller, Head of Data, Channels and Digital Operations at Clearstream, part of Deutsche Börse...

Who’s behind the smart contract? In this episode of Trust Talks, host Alexandre Kech, CEO of GLEIF, speaks with Thomas A. Mayfield, Head of Decentralized Trust and Identity Solutions at the Cardano Foundation, about why secure and verifiable organizational identity is becoming a foundational layer of trust for tokenized finance. They explore why it is still so difficult to answer a basic question...

In this episode of Trust Talks , host Alexandre Kech (CEO, GLEIF) speaks with Pelle Brændgaard (Co-Founder & CEO, Notabene) about why open standards consistently outperform closed networks when scale, adoption, and trust matter most.  They explore how organizational identifiers such as the LEI and vLEI can enable faster, more reliable counterparty verification and help shift compliance from re...

In this episode of the Trust Talks podcast, GLEIF’s CEO, Alexandre Kech, sits with Eva Chan, CEO of Certizen Technology and Chair at the Asia PKI Consortium, to discuss ongoing projects focused on promoting cross-border trust and interoperability in Asia.   Following its qualification as a Qualified vLEI Issuer (QVI) in 2025, Certizen Technology is exploring innovative vLEI use cases in the Greate...

As Europe prepares for the full implementation of the Instant Payments Regulation (IPR), one critical tool stands out as a cornerstone of secure, real-time financial transactions: the Legal Entity Identifier (LEI). In this episode, we welcome François Masquelier, Chair of the EACT and a leading voice in European treasury, to explore how LEIs - and soon, vLEIs - can eliminate fraud, streamline paye...

Cross-border payments are entering a new era, shaped by real-time rails, digital assets, and the global shift to ISO 20022. At the same time, compliance standards such as FATF Recommendation 16 are raising expectations for transparency and trust across payment networks. In this episode of Trust Talks , Shriyanka Hore, Global Head of Industry Engagement and Managing Director at Swift Corporate Offi...

In this episode of Trust Talks, Alexandre Kech, CEO of GLEIF, sits down with Sergey Nazarov, Co-Founder of Chainlink, to discuss how decentralized infrastructure and verifiable organizational identities are reshaping digital trust. The conversation examines how integrating the vLEI with Chainlink’s Automated Compliance Engine and CCIP facilitates tamper-proof cross-border transactions, streamlines...

As global commerce accelerates, the need for trusted, cross-border digital identity systems has never been more urgent. In this episode, Alexandre Kech sits down with Luca Castellani, Legal Officer at UNCITRAL, to unpack the groundbreaking potential of the Model Law on the Use and Cross-Border Recognition of Identity Management and Trust Services (MLIT). Together, they explore how MLIT, when paire...

This episode examines the intersection of Artificial Intelligence (AI), digital security, and digital identity. As AI's development continues to accelerate, so too does its potential for misuse. From identity theft to the nefarious creation of content designed to deceive or misdirect, our capacity to separate the real from the fraudulent is under serious—and growing—threat.  We're joined...

In a world where AI-generated deepfakes and evolving cyber threats render traditional caller ID obsolete, secure, real-time authentication has never been more critical. In this episode, join Randy Warshaw, CEO of Provenant, as we delve into how cryptographically secured verifiable Legal Entity Identifiers (vLEIs) are revolutionizing telecom security. Learn how these tamper-proof, globally standard...

Step into Trust Talks – the podcast where we explore the future of trusted organizational identities and the digital transformation that underpins them. GLEIF CEO Alexandre Kech invites you to discover how embedding trust into business relationships can streamline global trade and fuel economic growth. Each episode features candid conversations with industry experts, regulators, and forward-thinki...