Good point, Dorothy! I suspect the fact that he currently lives in his non-native-English-speaking home country, as opposed to living in, say, the US, might have tipped the balance in the thinking behind this. I'm just guessing.

A welcome note in a person's mother tongue is always nice. But a working document (even as short as 3 pages) for the person's mother tongue when he just got appointed to a position where the first (if not sole) actual working language precisely is English might not be necessary.
My 2 cents

Mawaki

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On Feb 8, 2016, 8:27 PM, at 8:27 PM, "Dorothy K. Gordon" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>Swedish?  Why? I would assume he speaks and reads English? Did we
>communicate with Fadi in Arabic?
>
>best
>
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>From: "Edward Morris" <[log in to unmask]>
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>Subject: Re: New CEO is G=?utf-8?Q?=C3=B6ran_?=Marby
>
>I would suggest a congratulations / welcome to ICANN card from the NCSG
>be procured and posted to our new leader, preferably in Swedish.
>Culturally appropriate. 
>
>I would also suggest we produce a 3-5 page introduction to the NCSG
>document for him as a deliverable for Morocco. Preferably in Swedish as
>well. This is something out more experienced members can be charged
>with doing, with staff help.
>
>These should be priorities within the next month for those not involved
>in the CCWG.
>
>Tapani?
>
>Best,
>
>Ed
>
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>
>> On 8 Feb 2016, at 08:41, Tapani Tarvainen
><[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>> 
>> New CEO has been announced:
>> 
>> https://www.icann.org/resources/press-material/release-2016-02-08-en
>> 
>> 
>> "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, California… 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).
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> “I’m delighted to announce Göran as the new head of ICANN,” 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. I’m 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.”
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 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 ICANN’s three global hubs.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> “I am very excited to be joining ICANN and joining at the start of a
>> new era for the organization and the community,” said Marby. “While I
>> know there is much for me to learn, I am eager to work with ICANN’s
>> multistakeholder community to continue all the good work that ICANN
>> has been doing and am very committed to implementing the community’s
>> 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.”
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 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 ICANN’s Global Domains
>Division
>> will serve as acting CEO.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> “I 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,” 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."
>> 
>> 
>> -- 
>> Tapani Tarvainen