Former Microsoft Chairman EMEA, Patrick De Smedt, Joins the Board of Directors of WISeKey to Assist the Company with the Further Expansion of its International Growth

Former Microsoft Chairman EMEA, Patrick De Smedt, Joins the Board of Directors of WISeKey to Assist the Company with the Further Expansion of its International Growth

January 15, 2007

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    GENEVA, Jan. 15 /Xinhua-PRNewswire/ -- WISeKey, the
leading Internet Trust and Digital Identification company
is pleased to announce that Mr. Patrick De Smedt has joined
WISeKey's Board of Directors.

    While at Microsoft, Mr. De Smedt refined the strategic
directions and initiatives of Microsoft in Europe, Middle
East and Africa. Mr. De Smedt joined Microsoft in 1983 and
holds a Commercial Engineer degree from the University of
Louvain.

    Prior to be appointed Chairman of Microsoft EMEA, Mr.
De Smedt held diverse and important functions at Microsoft
not least being the Vice President for Central, Southern
Europe and Africa as well as Vice-President responsible for
Microsoft's sales, marketing, enterprise partners and
services towards enterprise customers in the EMEA region.
Mr. De Smedt established the Benelux subsidiaries of
Microsoft in 1986. 

    Mr. Carlos Moreira, Founder and Chairman of WISeKey
S.A. said: "I am confident and pleased that the
appointment of Patrick De Smedt to the company Board of
Directors will cement WISeKey's role as the world's leading
provider of Internet trust services and digital
identification at a time when the company enters into the
phase of consistent growth. Patrick's unquestionable
experience in building companies and expertise will be very
valuable and welcome to our Board of Directors"

    Referring to his appointment Mr De Smedt said: "I
am really excited to join the Board of an organization as
vital and innovative as WISeKey and to have an opportunity
to help realize its potential. It is an honour for me to
join the WISeKey Board of Directors and to assist the
company with the further expansion of its global
reach".

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    Internet: www.presseportal.ch




    For more information, please contact:
 
     Daniel Ybarra
     VP Corporate Communications
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