Nikos Soumelidis
Partner — Strategic Partnerships & Trust Services Principal Consultant
In today’s interconnected digital economy, identity has become the backbone of trust, service delivery, and national digital transformation. Yet few governments and organizations possess a coherent vision for how digital identity programs should evolve: who governs it, who participates, and how trust is maintained across public and private sectors.
At SpearIT, we help clients design, govern, and sustain digital identity ecosystems that are secure, interoperable, and citizen-centered.
Our advisory work goes beyond technology, by blending policy foresight, regulatory alignment, and ecosystem design to create frameworks that endure political change, integrate emerging standards, and earn citizen trust.
We work with governments, regulators, and private institutions to define digital identity strategies that align national or organizational goals with regulatory requirements and socio-economic realities.
Our consultants draw on years of experience supporting national eID schemes, trust service frameworks, and cross-border recognition processes, bringing a unique perspective on how governance, compliance, and technical assurance must interlock.
A digital identity strategy is not just a policy document: it is an operational blueprint that dictates how data flows, how credentials are issued, and how trust is enforced.
We help clients establish governance models and policy frameworks that define institutional responsibilities, decision-making authority, and accountability mechanisms, ensuring clarity and continuity across ministries and agencies.
Digital identity systems are no longer single-vendor solutions; they are multistakeholder ecosystems that require coordination between governments, regulators, private service providers, and citizens.
Our stakeholder alignment and governance services ensure these ecosystems are both inclusive and functional, reducing friction between actors while maintaining compliance and trust.
Through structured stakeholder mapping, policy co-design, and faciliation mechanisms, help clients transform fragmented initiatives into unified, resilient national trust infrastructures.
Unlike traditional technology consultants, SpearIT integrates policy analysis, ethics, and practical assurance into every stage of advisory.
We believe that identity systems must reflect societal values (e.g. privacy, transparency, and inclusivity), and that governance decisions should balance efficiency with accountability.
Our multidisciplinary team draws from academic research in eGovernment services design, stakeholder tensions, and ethical technology assessment, applying these insights in concrete, outcome-driven ways.
This combination of analytical rigor and field-tested pragmatism allows us to help governments and large institutions navigate complex trade-offs — from the centralization versus federation debate, to risk-based assurance levels, to citizen consent and control models.
As the European Union moves toward eIDAS 2.0 and the EU Digital Identity Wallet, digital identity ecosystems worldwide are looking to align with these frameworks.
We help clients benchmark against leading standards and frameworks, including ETSI EN 319, ENISA cybersecurity guidelines, GDPR, and international initiatives of UN, OECD, and World Bank ID4D. Our consultants interpret regulatory language and policy intent, transforming abstract compliance requirements into operational, auditable structures.
Our approach is multidisciplinary: combining expertise in regulation, cybersecurity, trust infrastructure, and organizational governance.
We understand both the technical foundations of digital identity (PKI, assurance levels, credential lifecycle) and the institutional dynamics that determine how policies are implemented in real environments.
This dual capability allows us to identify shortcuts that save time and cost without ever compromising security, compliance, or public trust.
Our success stories highlight our work with governments, regulators, and trust service providers to design, assure, and secure national eID schemes and trust service ecosystems recognized across Europe and beyond, through:
