diff --git a/backend/src/main/java/djmil/cordacheckers/cordaclient/pojo/holdingIdentity.java b/backend/src/main/java/djmil/cordacheckers/cordaclient/pojo/holdingIdentity.java
index f2b88c9..37cb3c1 100644
--- a/backend/src/main/java/djmil/cordacheckers/cordaclient/pojo/holdingIdentity.java
+++ b/backend/src/main/java/djmil/cordacheckers/cordaclient/pojo/holdingIdentity.java
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonIgnoreProperties;
 
 @JsonIgnoreProperties(ignoreUnknown = true)
 public record holdingIdentity(String x500Name, String shortHash) { 
+
     public String getName() throws InvalidNameException {
         LdapName ln = new LdapName(x500Name);
 
@@ -19,4 +20,16 @@ public record holdingIdentity(String x500Name, String shortHash) {
 
         throw new IllegalArgumentException("CN was not found");
     }
+
+    public boolean isPlayer() throws InvalidNameException {
+        LdapName ln = new LdapName(x500Name);
+
+        for(Rdn rdn : ln.getRdns()) {
+            if(rdn.getType().equalsIgnoreCase("OU")) {
+                return rdn.getValue().toString().equalsIgnoreCase("Player");
+            }
+        }
+
+        return false;
+    }
 }
diff --git a/backend/src/test/java/djmil/cordacheckers/HoldingIdentityTest.java b/backend/src/test/java/djmil/cordacheckers/HoldingIdentityTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2838094
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/src/test/java/djmil/cordacheckers/HoldingIdentityTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+package djmil.cordacheckers;
+
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+
+import djmil.cordacheckers.cordaclient.pojo.holdingIdentity;
+
+import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat;
+
+import javax.naming.InvalidNameException;
+
+
+public class HoldingIdentityTest {
+    
+    @Test
+    public void isPlayerTest() throws InvalidNameException {
+
+        holdingIdentity alice = new holdingIdentity("CN=Alice, OU=Player, O=Checkers, L=Zug, C=CH", "HHHDDD");
+        holdingIdentity bob   = new holdingIdentity("CN=Bob, OU=Other, O=Checkers, L=Zug, C=CH", "HHHDDD");
+
+        assertThat(alice.getName()).isEqualTo("Alice");
+        assertThat(alice.isPlayer()).isEqualTo(true);
+
+        assertThat(bob.getName()).isEqualTo("Bob");
+        assertThat(bob.isPlayer()).isEqualTo(false);
+    }
+
+}