Congratulations. Wish you Gods grace and guidance on your new appointment
as the new ICANN CEO.



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On Mon, Feb 8, 2016 at 7:43 PM, Dorothy K. Gordon <
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> Swedish?  Why? I would assume he speaks and reads English? Did we
> communicate with Fadi in Arabic?
>
> best
>
> Dorothy K. Gordon
> Director-General
> Ghana-India Kofi Annan Centre of Excellence in ICT
> Mobile: 233 265005712
> Direct Line: 233 302 683579
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Edward Morris" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Sent: Monday, 8 February, 2016 5:08:51 PM GMT +00:00 Casablanca / Monrovia
> 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
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> > 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
>