[council] FW: [Soac-infoalert] Experienced Technology Leader Named as ICANN President and CEO

["James M. Bladel" <jbladel@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Councilors -

In the event you hadn’t heard via other channels, new ICANN CEO announced.

Thanks—

J.

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Date: Monday, February 8, 2016 at 10:29
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Subject: [Soac-infoalert] Experienced Technology Leader Named as ICANN 
President and CEO

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
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08 Feb 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.

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David A. Olive
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