Adam Cooper serves as a Trustee of the Grace Children’s Foundation and contributes his expertise to the development of the Children’s Resource Exchange (CRE), helping shape the platform’s secure identity architecture and ethical data framework. With more than 30 years of experience in digital identity, enterprise architecture and international technology policy, Adam brings a rare combination of technical leadership and global standards expertise to the initiative.

Adam is widely recognized as a leading authority in digital identity systems. During his work with the UK Government he played a central role in shaping national digital identity strategy, collaborating closely with the European Commission, the United States Government and United Nations experts. He was responsible for the overall technical architecture of the UK’s digital identity service GOV.UK Verify and provided policy and technical leadership for the UK government on the eIDAS Regulation, enabling cross-border digital identity recognition across the European Union.

Now an independent consultant, Adam advises organizations and governments around the world on trusted identity systems and digital infrastructure. His clients include the World Bank, where he contributes to the Identification for Development (ID4D) programme, supporting countries in designing ethical and inclusive identity solutions that enable access to essential services. He has also been a leading voice in the development of digital identity wallets supporting both the European Commission (with the EUDI Architecture Reference Framework) and the World Bank in pushing forward standards based interoperability for digital credential ecosystems.

Adam also serves in advisory roles for major international initiatives including the Alan Turing Institute and the MOSIP Modular Open Source Identity Platform. He is an active contributor to international standards through ISO, the OpenID Foundation, and the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C).

Earlier in his career Adam worked extensively with the UK National Health Service, where he helped define digital transformation strategies that balanced technological innovation with the practical needs of patients and healthcare professionals. This experience informs his work with the Children’s Resource Exchange, where trusted identity systems and secure data exchange are essential to enabling global collaboration on behalf of children in need.

Beyond his technology work, Adam is deeply engaged in education and child welfare. He serves as a Trustee of a multi-academy trust of primary schools in the United Kingdom and as Vice-Chair of Governors at an award-winning Children’s Centre serving one of the country’s most deprived communities.

Adam considers his involvement with the Grace Children’s Foundation and the development of the Children’s Resource Exchange a natural extension of his professional and personal commitment to using technology responsibly to improve lives—particularly the lives of children who need it most.