CEO at Smart Consulting. Expert in Payments and Digital Security.
With his proven expertise within the payments industry, Bastien held a number of different positions linked to Strategy, Product Development and Marketing in the areas of payment (Contact, Contactless, Software Security, Cards, Terminals, etc), as well as other segments including Identity & Access Control and transportation. Most recently, he was the CTO and EMVCo, where his central role was to oversight the technical developments across EMVCo’s working groups and activities related to evaluations, testing and approvals. Bastien also represented EMVCo in its liaison work with other technical bodies (to ensure effective collaboration and industry alignment in EMVCo’s technical matters), and the evolution of technical initiatives for the organisation.