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<body class='hmmessage'><div dir='ltr'><br><br><div>> Date: Mon, 8 Feb 2016 18:37:41 +0200<br>> From: ncsg@TAPANI.TARVAINEN.INFO<br>> Subject: New CEO is Göran Marby<br>> To: NCSG-DISCUSS@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU<br>> <br>> New CEO has been announced:<br>> <br>> https://www.icann.org/resources/press-material/release-2016-02-08-en<br>> <br>> <br>> "Experienced Technology Leader Named as ICANN President and CEO<br>> <br>> <br>> <br>> Göran Marby, currently Director-General of the Swedish Post and<br>> Telecom Authority (PTS) to start at ICANN May 2016<br>> <br>> <br>> <br>> Los Angeles, California… Göran Marby, an experienced business<br>> executive and government leader has been named the next President and<br>> Chief Executive Officer of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names<br>> and Numbers (ICANN).<br>> <br>> <br>> <br>> “I’m delighted to announce Göran as the new head of ICANN,” said Dr.<br>> Stephen Crocker, Chair of the ICANN Board of Directors. "His<br>> leadership experience as a technology CEO and start up founder as well<br>> as his current experience as Director-General of the Swedish Post and<br>> Telecom Authority will be invaluable as ICANN moves towards the next<br>> chapter in its history. We conducted an extensive, global search and<br>> Göran impressed us all throughout with his shared values, operational<br>> experience and understanding of the Internet ecosystem. I’m looking<br>> forward to working with him and what I know will be his substantial<br>> contribution to ICANN and to helping ensure a stable, secure and<br>> unified global Internet.”<br>> <br>> <br>> <br>> Marby is a Swedish citizen, currently living in Stockholm. He and his<br>> family will be relocating to Los Angeles, California the location of<br>> one of ICANN’s three global hubs.<br>> <br>> <br>> <br>> “I am very excited to be joining ICANN and joining at the start of a<br>> new era for the organization and the community,” said Marby. “While I<br>> know there is much for me to learn, I am eager to work with ICANN’s<br>> multistakeholder community to continue all the good work that ICANN<br>> has been doing and am very committed to implementing the community’s<br>> decisions – both with respect to the IANA Stewardship Transition, but<br>> also in the myriad important areas of ICANN policy development as it<br>> fulfills its mission.”<br>> <br>> <br>> <br>> Marby will succeed current President and CEO Fadi Chehadé whose term<br>> finishes on March 15, 2016. Marby will join ICANN in May 2016. During<br>> this time, Akram Atallah, President of ICANN’s Global Domains Division<br>> will serve as acting CEO.<br>> <br>> <br>> <br>> “I am very grateful to Akram for agreeing to step into this role and<br>> providing the continuity and leadership ICANN needs at such an<br>> important time,” said Dr Crocker.<br>> <br>> <br>> <br>> Göran Marby has more than 20 years of experience in the Internet and<br>> technology sectors. Prior to joining PTS he co-founded AppGate Network<br>> Security AB a security software company where he served as CEO between<br>> 2002 and 2009 with a focus on international customers and operations.<br>> <br>> <br>> <br>> He has held several other leadership roles in the Internet and<br>> technology sectors including as CEO of Cygate a network services<br>> company, Country Manager for Cisco in Sweden and as CEO of Unisource<br>> Business Networks in Sweden.<br>> <br>> <br>> <br>> Marby holds a Bachelor of Science from the University of Gothenburg<br>> School Economics."<br>> <br>> <br>> -- <br>> Tapani Tarvainen<br></div> </div></body>
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