Mr Wim Gielen Tappij

Mr Wim Gielen Tappij started his career in developing of card related solutions for the banking, retail and health care industry in 1969 and with the growth of the card industry, ID related projects became a key element of his day to day business. He is one of the pioneers in the card industry in the Netherland.
Joining DeLarue in 1981, he later became MD with the responsibilities of managing their card production facilities in The Netherlands and Germany, the personalisation bureaus in The Netherlands and Belgium and the development of security features for the ID division. With the expertise in various national ID projects, he contributed to many of the global Government ID projects DeLaRue was involved in.
Mr Wim Gielen Tappij later joined Datacard in 1989 as Regional Vice President Europe Middle-East, India and Africa. In addition to this, he also led the development of secure ID and Passport personalisation solutions.
Under his leadership, Datacard has established a major position in secure ID and Passport solutions. In 2005 he became the Senior Vice President Global Sales and service, and in 2009 he took on the Global responsibility for Government Business Development as Senior Vice President, a position he held until his retirement from Entrust Datacard in 2015.
Currently, Wim acts as an independent consultant and board member of international organisations in the secure ID industry. Stayed in Nigeria.