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From: "okf-network-site[bot]"
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Date: Wed, 11 Mar 2026 10:50:31 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Suggested new specialist from OKF network

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+_id: 1efa72e0-1d38-11f1-a0fe-8fed5d8cc458
+name: Stephen Abbott Pugh
+affiliation: Understand beneficial ownership
+twitter: 'https://x.com/stephen_abbott'
+github: 'https://github.com/StephenAbbott'
+gitlab: ''
+linkedin: ''
+website: 'https://www.beneficialownership.co.uk/'
+email: stephen@beneficialownership.co.uk
+area: >-
+  Beneficial ownership transparency, anti-corruption, open standards, open data,
+  data standards
+country: BE
+reason: "Stephen was the product owner of the Beneficial Ownership Data Standard, the world's leading open standard for beneficial ownership information and continue to advocate to improve data quality and standardisation https://standard.openownership.org/\r\n\r\nHe now offers expert beneficial ownership advice, data guidance or consultancy support https://www.beneficialownership.co.uk/\r\n\r\nHe spent five years with the Open Knowledge Foundation developing a portfolio of open data and open access projects"
+date: 1773226230