Mr. Riccardo Genghini

Dr. Riccardo Genghini is a notary public in the district of Milan ( Italy ). In 1990 he founded SG&A, a public notary office and legal consultant firm, specialized in IT law, with a special focus on privacy and security in its IT-security division named SNG.

Dr. Riccardo Genghini is one of the leading experts in IT Security and electronic signatures, deeply involved in the European and International Standardization Processes. From 2001 to 2004, he was chairman of the Cen-ISSS Workshop on Electronic Signatures Standardization (now closed with the achieving of the goals). He is now the Chairman of the Etsi Esi TC and ex-officio member of the Eessi Steering Group. He is also a full member of Eema.

Dr. Genghini has international co-operations and consulting agreements concerning IT Security with Italian and International organizations and companies.

Since the making of Italian legislation on Digital Signature, Dr. Genghini and his staff have been involved in the making of the Italian legislation and participate in the making of other legislations, establishing positive relationships with governmental institutions in Austria, Finland, Germany, Sweden, UK, and, of course, Italy and the European Community.