<p dir="ltr">Sunday, thank you and the rest of the board on this very excellent choice for CEO.</p>
<p dir="ltr">Congratulations Alan. Looking forward to working with you in your new role.</p>
<p dir="ltr">Regards,<br>
On 27 Mar 2015 17:37, "Sunday Folayan" <<a href="mailto:sfolayan@gmail.com">sfolayan@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
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> Dear Members,<br>
><br>
> I am pleased to inform you that the board has completed the process for<br>
> the recruitment of the Chief Executive Officer of AFRINIC.<br>
><br>
> Mr Alan Barrett will assume the role of CEO of AFRINIC with effect from<br>
> 20th April 2015 for a term of 3 years in the first instance. He replaces<br>
> Mr Adiel Akplogan, who served as the Pioneer CEO, until January 2015.<br>
><br>
> Alan Barrett's involvement with the Internet began in 1989, when he was<br>
> a lecturer in the Electronic Engineering department at the University of<br>
> Natal, Durban, South Africa. During 1990 and 1991, he played a key part<br>
> in the transformation of the South African universities network to the<br>
> TCP/IP protocols and in its connection to the global Internet. He<br>
> operated the primary name server for .ZA at that time.<br>
><br>
> He was a co-founder of South Africa's first commercial Internet service<br>
> provider, in 1993.<br>
><br>
> In 1997, he was one of the four authors of the proposal to form AFRINIC,<br>
> and he served on the AFRINIC Board from its inception until 2009. He<br>
> has been a member of the ASO Address Council since 2005. He is<br>
> currently a member of the CRISP Team, which drafted the number resource<br>
> community's response to the ICG's request for proposals. He is also a<br>
> member of the ICG, which is preparing a proposal for the transition of<br>
> the IANA functions away from oversight by the US government's NTIA.<br>
><br>
> He was also one of the founding members of the South African chapter of<br>
> the Internet Society, and one of the founding members of Namespace ZA,<br>
> an organisation that was intended to oversee the .ZA ccTLD before that<br>
> role was taken over by legislation.<br>
><br>
> Join me in congratulating Alan, and wishing him the best in his new<br>
> position.<br>
><br>
><br>
> Yours Sincerely,<br>
><br>
> Sunday Folayan<br>
> Chair, AFRINIC Board<br>
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