Have to admit I didn’t see this one coming — DG of a PTT to run ICANN.  Wonder if there will be enhanced cooperation with ITU? :-)

Bill


> On Feb 8, 2016, at 17:37, 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


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