Committee members

The Technical Steering Committee is currently in an interim phase and currently does not yet have member representation.

Committee Composition

1 Chair

9 Seats

1 Secretary

Seated Members

• Chair: TBC

• Interim Secretary: Duncan Soutar (Intersect Delivery Assurance Team)

• Communications: TBC

Other roles are expected to be defined by the first community members of the TSC.

Role	Name	Term Rotations
Chair (Interim)	Kevin Hammond	October '25
Secretary	Duncan Soutar	N/A - Secretary
Non- Voting Seat	Duncan Coutts	April '25
Voting Seat	Adam Dean	October '25
Voting Seat	Neil Davies	April '25
Voting Seat	Nicholas Clarke	April '25
Voting Seat	Markus Gufler	October '25
Voting Seat	Ben Hart	October '25
Voting Seat	Johnny Kelly	October '25
Voting Seat	Empty Seat	April '25
Voting Seat	Empty Seat	April '25
Voting Seat	Empty Seat	April '25

Voting Seat Criteria

Demonstrated expert knowledge of the Cardano design and implementation, evidenced by a track record of core contributions.

Intersect Delivery Assurance team

The Delivery Assurance team within Intersect is the functional support team to the TSC. This is a servant-leader team to support coordination and execution on behalf of the committee. As such the delivery assurance team are present at the TSC.

Continuity suppliers

Continuity suppliers (any one under contract to deliver core functionality or features) are also requested to attend the TSC as required by the delivery assurance team.

Continuity suppliers do not automatically have right to a seat on the committee but may be requested to attend to provide updates to the committee members, delivery assurance team and other continuity suppliers for delivery updates, coordination and integration purposes.