The world’s largest GLEIF-accredited LEI Issuer
We verify organisations so that banks, fintechs, KYB providers and enterprises can trust who they are dealing with, both in the real world and online. RapidLEI is the LEI service of Ubisecure, accredited by the Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF) since April 2018, issuing and maintaining Legal Entity Identifiers in 152 jurisdictions.
350k+
Issued LEIs, the most of any LEI Issuer
490k+
LEI records under management
152
Jurisdictions in our Accreditation
Apr 2018
RapidLEI GLEIF Accreditation date
Our vision
To be a trusted partner providing digital identity capabilities to enable our clients to manage risk, compliance and efficiency in their transactions with their counterparties.
Risk
Know who your counterparties are
Compliance
Meet LEI obligations with less effort
Efficiency
Onboard and transact faster
Our story
An accredited LEI Issuer built on digital identity
Ubisecure has been innovating in the digital identity space since launching in 2002. In April 2018 GLEIF accredited Ubisecure as an LEI Issuer, and we launched RapidLEI to make registering and maintaining LEIs faster and more accurate, using automation and direct connections to official business registers.
As an LEI Issuer, we validate each application against authoritative sources, publish the reference data to the Global LEI Index and keep it current through renewal, challenge and correction. Registration Agents and Validation Agents work with accredited Issuers to bring LEIs to their own clients, all issued through RapidLEI.
Our LEI holders range from single companies registering their first LEI to banks, asset managers and multinational groups managing large portfolios across many jurisdictions.
1 · Oversight
Regulatory Oversight Committee (ROC)
Market regulators and public authorities from around the world that oversee the Global LEI System (GLEIS).
2 · Accreditation
Global LEI Foundation (GLEIF)
Established by the Financial Stability Board in 2014 to operate the LEI ecosystem and promote the LEI in regulations, global trade and more. Accredits LEI Issuers, monitors data quality and sets the rules and standards LEI Issuers must meet.
3 · LEI Issuer
Ubisecure (RapidLEI)
Accredited on 3 April 2018 to issue LEIs through both direct and indirect channels. Validates, issues and maintains LEIs and their reference data. Drives new organisation identity use cases and simplifies how banks, fintechs and service providers use LEIs at scale.
4 · Partners
Validation Agents & Registration Agents
Help organisations obtain LEIs through an accredited Issuer. Validation Agents, often banks, can leverage the identity checks they already perform when onboarding clients.
Timeline
Ubisecure launched as a pan-European digital identity software services provider
UK office opened after spinout from GMO Internet Group
Accredited by GLEIF on 3 April; RapidLEI launched. LEI headquarters established in UK
First RapidLEI Validation Agent approved by GLEIF. Today, the majority of Validation Agents partner with RapidLEI
Most issued LEIs of any LEI Issuer
The highest Policy Conformity Flag rates of any LEI Issuer at scale
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More than 490,000 LEI records under management
Source: GLEIF LEI statistics, September 2026
Leadership, Operations & Governance
Meet the RapidLEI team
Leadership
Tom Edwards
Executive Chair
Tom leads Ubisecure's growth strategy, culture and governance as Executive Chair.
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Tom leads Ubisecure's growth strategy, culture and governance as Executive Chair. He engages with GLEIF on the strategic direction of the RapidLEI's role in the Global LEI System. Tom brings more than 30 years in financial services technology, most recently as CEO of CubeLogic, a provider of risk and compliance software to the energy, commodities and financial services sectors, and before that as COO of data automation fintech Xceptor. Both investor-backed businesses went through scale up and successful transactions. Earlier senior roles include delivery and transformation leadership at GBST, Watson Wyatt and PA Consulting. Tom is an angel investor with South East Angels and a mentor with Boardwave.
Steve Marritt
Managing Director
Steve leads RapidLEI’s overall operations, growth, compliance and strategic direction as Managing Director.
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Steve joined RapidLEI as Managing Director in October 2026 and reports to the Ubisecure Board. He brings more than 20 years of executive leadership building and scaling technology businesses across SaaS, fintech and digital platforms. As global Chief Commercial Officer at Trustpilot, he was part of the senior leadership team through the company’s 2021 listing on the London Stock Exchange. Earlier roles include Managing Director of Groupon UK and Ireland, Chief Executive Officer of LivingSocial UK and Ireland, and Chief Revenue Officer at Info. In 2020 he founded CROIQ, an advisory business supporting founders, boards and investors, through which he served as interim Chief Commercial Officer at the fintech CasaPay and interim Chief Executive Officer at the IoT and AI company Tector.
Jane Watkins
Chief Financial Officer · Chartered Accountant
Jane is a Chartered Accountant and Chief Financial Officer of Ubisecure, the company operating RapidLEI.
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Jane is a Chartered Accountant and Chief Financial Officer of Ubisecure, the company operating RapidLEI. She leads financial reporting, statutory audit, corporate governance and the group's financial controls and risk management, and manages the commercial operating model with the board and executive team. Jane has more than 25 years in finance leadership, much of it in B2B software, including VP Finance at CloudSense and Finance Director at Quiqup. She spent a decade at investment analytics software provider StatPro as Group Financial Controller, European CFO and Head of Finance.
Steve Waite
Co-founder and Chief Marketing Officer
Co-founder. Leads marketing and go-to-market strategy, and works with GLEIF on LEI adoption.
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Steve is a co-founder of RapidLEI and leads its marketing and go-to-market strategy. He works closely with ecosystem stakeholders on initiatives to expand LEI adoption and on cooperation amongst LEI Issuers. With Paul Tourret, he led the spinout of Ubisecure from the GMO Internet Group. Steve spent nearly ten years at GlobalSign, first as Chief Marketing Officer and then as CEO of GlobalSign Inc in the US, having previously co-founded GeoTrust Europe. His career in digital trust and identity began at Comodo in 1999. He writes regularly on LEI, KYB, organisational identity and AI, including for Finextra.
Paul Tourret
Co-founder and Corporate Development Officer
Paul is a co-founder of RapidLEI and leads corporate development and strategic partnerships.
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Paul is a co-founder of RapidLEI and leads corporate development and strategic partnerships. He led the early partnerships that helped make RapidLEI the largest LEI Issuer worldwide. With fellow co-founder Steve Waite, he led the spinout of Ubisecure from the GMO Internet Group. Before that, Paul was part of the executive team that acquired GlobalSign from Ubizen, and spent a decade at GlobalSign as Managing Director EMEA and a group board member. He previously co-founded GeoTrust Europe, a leading SSL/TLS provider in many markets.
Opertions and Governance
Abilash Varghese
Head of Operations
Abilash leads RapidLEI's operations, including service scalability, enterprise onboarding and client success for the banks, asset managers and platforms that manage LEI portfolios with us.
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Abilash leads RapidLEI's operations, including service scalability, enterprise onboarding and client success for the banks, asset managers and platforms that manage LEI portfolios. He joined in 2026 after 17 years at HSBC, where he held senior operations and transformation roles across the UK, Hong Kong and India. As Head of Operations for KYC and Client Due Diligence, he standardised the CDD process for Commercial Banking account opening across 11 markets, and he led transaction monitoring, fraud and compliance operations of more than 1,000 staff. Most recently at HSBC, as Director of Operations Transformation in Global Operations, he redesigned operating models and client journeys at scale.
Hayley Waters
Client Services
Hayley leads RapidLEI's client services and customer success function, managing multiple client services and vetting teams globally that support clients and validate LEI applications across registration, renewal and transfer.
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Hayley leads RapidLEI’s client services and customer success function, including the vetting teams worldwide that validate LEI applications for registration, renewal and transfer. She has run the function since 2018, the year RapidLEI received GLEIF accreditation, and has scaled it alongside the business as RapidLEI grew into the largest LEI Issuer globally. Hayley is responsible for service standards and customer satisfaction, and for building teams that resolve client queries quickly and accurately, from single entities to enterprise portfolios. Before joining, she spent seven years in finance and administration at GlobalSign.
Shauna Beer
LEI Compliance
Shauna leads LEI compliance at RapidLEI, overseeing the data quality and compliance controls applied to the LEI records we issue and maintain.
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Shauna leads LEI compliance at RapidLEI, overseeing the data quality and compliance controls applied to the LEI records we issue and maintain. She works closely with GLEIF’s data quality team on improving entity data across the Global LEI System. She joined in 2021 in client services and moved through data quality analysis and team leadership to Assistant Manager of the Data Quality and Compliance function, before taking up her current role in 2026. Her progression gives her detailed working knowledge of how LEI data is validated in practice.
Tim Sargent
Product Manager
Tim leads product management for RapidLEI, shaping the platform that clients, enterprise portfolio managers and partners use to register, renew and manage LEIs.
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Tim leads product management for RapidLEI, shaping the platform that clients, enterprise portfolio managers and partners use to register, renew and manage LEIs. He is responsible for ensuring the platform meets GLEIF accreditation requirements and data quality standards, and that it supports clients' regulatory reporting and onboarding obligations as LEI mandates expand across jurisdictions. Tim moved into the role in 2022 after three years as a Sales Engineer at Ubisecure, working with clients on technical requirements in regulated industries. He began his career at GlobalSign, progressing from technical support to subject matter expert and sales engineer in PKI and digital certificates.
Information security and resilience
RapidLEI’s information security management system is certified to ISO 27001.
Our software development aligns with the standards and processes followed by Secure Development Lifecycle (SDLC).
RapidLEI will provide due diligence packs upon request for third-party risk management (TPRM) reviews and other DD requirements. Contact your Account Manager or [email protected] to initiate a request.
Corporate information
- Accredited LEI Issuer
- Ubisecure Oy
- Service Brand Name
- RapidLEI
- LEI
- 529900T8BM49AURSDO55View the record in LEI search
- Business ID (Finland)
- 1748721-4
- Registered address
- Tekniikantie 14, 02150 Espoo, Finland
- Parent company
- Ubisecure Holdings Limited, registered in England and Wales
- Parent LEI
- 89450051ZRDOL9KEWH63
- Ownership
- Ubisecure Oy is directly and ultimately consolidated by Ubisecure Holdings Limited, as published in the Global LEI Index
- GLEIF accreditation
- Offices
- Maidstone, United Kingdom · Espoo, Finland
Questions banks and partners ask us
Is RapidLEI an accredited LEI Issuer?
Yes. GLEIF accredited Ubisecure Oy, which operates RapidLEI, as an LEI Issuer on 3 April 2018. As the Issuer, RapidLEI validates LEI reference data, publishes it to the Global LEI Index and maintains it.
How many LEIs does RapidLEI manage?
GLEIF statistics for September 2026 show RapidLEI managing over 490k LEI records. Of these, 350k+ have ISSUED status, the highest number of any LEI Issuer. For the latest up to date statistics, visit our LEI Statistics page.
Who oversees RapidLEI?
GLEIF accredited Ubisecure Oy as an LEI Issuer on 3 April 2018. GLEIF sets the rules Issuers must follow through its Master Agreement and monitors data quality across the Global LEI System. GLEIF conducts Annual Accreditation Verification for each LEI Issuer to maintain accreditation. GLEIF is overseen by the Regulatory Oversight Committee, a group of market regulators and public authorities from around the world.
How can my organisation request due diligence documents?
RapidLEI will provide due diligence packs upon request for third-party risk management (TPRM) reviews and other DD requirements. Contact your Account Manager or [email protected] to initiate a request.