Digital Document Execution

An electronic device configured to:

• digitally communicate a first authorisation request to a first entity of a plurality of entities that together make up a signature-approval chain, wherein the first authorisation request relates to a document to be authorised;
• sequentially digitally communicate a respective authorisation request to each remaining entity in the signature-approval chain in turn after receiving authorisation data from a previous entity in the signature-approval chain complying with the required authorisation of the previous entity;
• and
• after receiving from each of the plurality of entities authorisation data complying with their respective requested authorisation, generate an executed document, wherein:
• each document authorisation request comprises the document and a request for the required authorisation corresponding to the entity to which the document authorisation request is directed, and wherein
• the required authorisation for at least two of the plurality of entities comprises a requirement for a signature from the entity, and wherein
• the executed document comprises the document and at least two signatures corresponding to the respective at least two entities having a required authorisation comprising a requirement for a signature.

A computer program configured to perform, when executed on one or more processors, the following:

• digitally communicating a first authorisation request to a first entity of a plurality of entities that together make up a signature-approval chain, wherein the first authorisation request relates to a document to be authorised;
• sequentially digitally communicating a respective authorisation request to each remaining entity in the signature-approval chain in turn after receiving authorisation data from a previous entity in the signature-approval chain complying with the required authorisation of the previous entity;
• and
• after receiving from each of the plurality of entities authorisation data complying with their respective requested authorisation, generating an executed document, wherein:
• each document authorisation request comprises the document and a request for the required authorisation corresponding to the entity to which the document authorisation request is directed, and wherein
• the required authorisation for at least two of the plurality of entities comprises a requirement for a signature from the entity, and wherein
• the executed document comprises the document and at least two signatures corresponding to the respective at least two entities having a required authorisation comprising a requirement for a signature.