[ALAC-Announce] ICANN Selects New Interim CFO

[ICANN At-Large Staff]

Dear All, 

 

Please see below an ICANN News Release announcing the new ICANN interim
Chief Financial Officer, Xavier Calvez. 

 

Regards,

Heidi Ullrich, Seth Greene, Matt Ashtiani, Gisella Gruber-White, Marilyn
Vernon, 

ICANN At-Large Staff

 

 


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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

September 9, 2011


ICANN Names Seasoned International Financial Executive as 


Interim Chief Financial Officer 


Xavier Calvez Awaits Board Confirmation as Permanent CFO  


Marina del Rey, California. The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and
Numbers (ICANN) has named Xavier Calvez as its Interim Chief Financial
Officer. 

Calvez comes to ICANN from the Technicolor Corporation, where he has worked
for the past 9 years, serving most recently as the Chief Financial Officer
of the company's Creative Services Division in Los Angeles.

The ICANN Board of Directors, per the organization's Bylaws, must confirm
Calvez's appointment as Chief Financial Officer, which it is expected to
consider in the coming weeks.  

Calvez is a citizen of France, where he was born, raised and educated. He
holds that country's highest professional accounting and auditing
designation, equivalent to the American Certified Public Accounting (CPA)
designation.

"Xavier Calvez fits our needs perfectly," said Rod Beckstrom, President and
Chief Executive Officer.  "When you combine his financial expertise with his
international experience, it's clear that he will make a strong CFO for our
organization as well as our community."

Prior to joining Technicolor, Calvez began his career working for the audit
firm KPMG and later Deloitte where he expanded his financial and managerial
skills. 

"I am eager to use the international financial and managerial experience I
acquired to help ICANN continue its vital mission," said Calvez.

Xavier Calvez began his new position yesterday, September 8, at ICANN
headquarters in Marina del Rey, California.

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To download a high resolution picture of Xavier Calvez go here:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/icann/6127543684/

MEDIA CONTACTS:                      

Brad White

ICANN Director of Global Media Affairs

Washington, D.C.

Tel. +1 (202) 570 7118

brad.white at icann.org

 

Andrew Robertson

Edelman Public Relations

London, U.K.

Tel. + 44 (7811) 341 945

andrew.Robertson at edelman.com

 

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