Dr. Kim Nguyen

Kim Nguyen studied mathematics and physics at the universities of Göttingen (Germany) and Cambridge (UK) and received a Ph.D. in mathematics for his work on the relation between classical number theory and cryptographic security of elliptic curves. He joined the German Federal Print (Bundesdruckerei GmbH) in 2003. At that time he was responsible for the topics of cryptographic and chip security as well as infrastructure aspects in the ePassport and eID projects in Germany. He additionally took over the position of Managing Director of D-TRUST, the trust centre of Bundesdruckerei GmbH, in June 2012. Nguyen was awarded the title “Fellow” in June 2015. As of  January 1, 2019, he heads the business unit “Trusted Services” of Bundesdruckerei GmbH.