Born: 1969
Swiss, British and South African

History as a Director

• First elected as a Director: September 15, 2025 (co-opting)
• Re-elected: none
• Current term expires: 2029 General Meeting (subject to ratification by the 2026 General Meeting)
• Directorships of other listed companies: none

Kelly Richdale is a graduate of Cambridge University and holds an MBA from INSEAD Business School as well as a CISSP (Certified Information Systems Security Professional) certification in cybersecurity.

Kelly Richdale began her career by co-founding A4Vision, which commercialised computer vision and biometric solutions for security markets, and served as its general manager for the Europe and Middle East region until 2007. Following successive acquisitions by Bioscrypt (Canada) and then L-1 Identity Solutions (United States), she held various operational management positions in both companies until 2010, when she joined ID Quantique to head the Quantum Safe Security division. From 2020 to 2022, she was part of the Swiss management team of Libra (later Diem), Meta’s blockchain-based crypto payment project. She was also a member of the Innovation Council of Innosuisse, the Swiss federal agency for science-based innovation, from 2016 to 2023, and an Executive Fellow of the World Economic Forum, working on artificial intelligence and quantum industry transformation from 2023 to 2025.

Since 2021, Kelly Richdale has been a senior advisor at SandboxAQ, where she provides support in the areas of artificial intelligence and cybersecurity. She has also been a member of the Board of Directors of Assura, a leading Swiss health insurance company, since 2022. Finally, she became a partner at deep tech venture capital firm Amadeus Capital Partners in 2024 and chairs Pimloc, a company active in the field of personal data protection and artificial intelligence.