[ALAC] Staff appointment: Director, At-Large

[Denise Michel]

ICANN is pleased to announce that Nick Ashton-Hart has been appointed as 
  Director for At-Large after an intensive recruitment and consideration 
process which involved members of the At-Large Advisory Committee, 
At-Large and civil society community members, and members of ICANN's 
Communications and Global Partnerships Departments. The primary 
responsibility of this role is to encourage and support the global 
individual Internet user community's (At-Large's) participation in 
ICANN, including helping to advance At-Large's organizing and advocacy 
efforts worldwide and supporting the activities of the At-Large Advisory 
Committee and the Regional At-Large Organizations. Nick is based in 
London.  He will be assisted in this role by multi-lingual 
administrative staff currently based in London and Marina del Rey, 
California.  All can be reached via email to <staff at alac.icann.org>.

Nick has nearly 20 years of experience in managing international 
projects involving non-governmental organizations, civil society and 
corporate interests in the Internet, media, and communications arenas. 
Prior to joining ICANN, he served as the Executive Director of the 
International Music Managers Forum, managed international IT projects 
for numerous companies, and led multilateral programs involving the 
United Nations and the World Intellectual Property Organization.

This position reports to the Vice President, Policy Development, Denise 
Michel.

We welcome Nick to this role and wish him every success.

Regards,

Denise Michel
Vice President, Policy Development
ICANN   www.icann.org
denise.michel at icann.org