[AFRI-Discuss] New ICANN CEO

Barrack Otieno otieno.barrack at gmail.com
Mon Feb 8 16:44:34 UTC 2016


Listers,

For you Information.

Regards

On 2/8/16, Rodrigo de la Parra <rodrigo.delaparra at icann.org> wrote:
> Experienced Technology Leader Named as ICANN President and CEO
>
> Göran Marby, currently Director-General of the Swedish Post and Telecom
> Authority (PTS) to start at ICANN May 2016
>
> Los Angeles, CaliforniaŠ Göran Marby, an experienced business executive and
> government leader has been named the next President and Chief Executive
> Officer of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN).
>
> ³I¹m delighted to announce Göran as the new head of ICANN,² said Dr.
> Stephen
> Crocker, Chair of the ICANN Board of Directors. "His leadership experience
> as a technology CEO and start up founder as well as his current experience
> as Director-General of the Swedish Post and Telecom Authority will be
> invaluable as ICANN moves towards the next chapter in its history. We
> conducted an extensive, global search and Göran impressed us all throughout
> with his shared values, operational experience and understanding of the
> Internet ecosystem. I¹m looking forward to working with him and what I know
> will be his substantial contribution to ICANN and to helping ensure a
> stable, secure and unified global Internet.²
>
> Marby is a Swedish citizen, currently living in Stockholm. He and his
> family
> will be relocating to Los Angeles, California the location of one of
> ICANN¹s
> three global hubs.
>
> ³I am very excited to be joining ICANN and joining at the start of a new
> era
> for the organization and the community,² said Marby. ³While I know there is
> much for me to learn, I am eager to work with ICANN¹s multistakeholder
> community to continue all the good work that ICANN has been doing and am
> very committed to implementing the community¹s decisions ­ both with
> respect
> to the IANA Stewardship Transition, but also in the myriad important areas
> of ICANN policy development as it fulfills its mission.²
>
> Marby will succeed current President and CEO Fadi Chehadé whose term
> finishes on March 15, 2016. Marby will join ICANN in May 2016. During this
> time, Akram Atallah, President of ICANN¹s Global Domains Division will
> serve
> as acting CEO.
>
>
>
> ³I am very grateful to Akram for agreeing to step into this role and
> providing the continuity and leadership ICANN needs at such an important
> time,² said Dr Crocker.
>
>
> Göran Marby has more than 20 years of experience in the Internet and
> technology sectors. Prior to joining PTS he co-founded AppGate Network
> Security AB a security software company where he served as CEO between 2002
> and 2009 with a focus on international customers and operations.
>
> He has held several other leadership roles in the Internet and technology
> sectors including as CEO of Cygate a network services company, Country
> Manager for Cisco in Sweden and as CEO of Unisource Business Networks in
> Sweden.
>
> Marby holds a Bachelor of Science from the University of Gothenburg School
> Economics.
>
> --------------------------
> Rodrigo de la Parra
> rodrigo.delaparra at icann.org
> @rdelapar
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>
>
>


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