Graham Taylor is Chief Executive of OpenForum Europe (OFE), and a co-founder of the organisation. OFE is not-for-profit, independent of any individual organisation and is a strong supporter of Open Standards, Openness and the wider and effective use of Open Source Software in its pursuit of the vision of facilitating open, competitive choice for IT users. OFE is supported by major IT suppliers, user and consumer organisations, and national partners across Europe. OFE is based in Brussels and has been a leading voice for openness within the Commission's Digital Agenda programme and has campaigned strongly in recent planned reforms of ICT Standardisation, the European Interoperability Framework, eGovernment, and on Procurement.
A regular speaker at international conferences, he has some 30 years of experience in the ICT industry, and prior to OFE Graham Taylor was a Director at ICL, most recently as Managing Director of the Smart Card business, but with spells as its Software Business Development Manager, and Director of The Solution Centre, ICL's centre for the management of complex integration projects.