ICANN APPOINTS FIRST EXECUTIVE OFFICER AND VICE PRESIDENT, CORPORATE AFFAIRS
Announcement posted by ICANN 13 Jul 2006
Australian Paul Levins has been appointed in the newly created role of Executive Officer and Vice President of Corporate Affairs for the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN).
Mr Levins, who has more than 25 years experience in the Australian private and Government sectors, will develop and direct ICANNs corporate affairs, marketing and media strategies.
ICANN President and CEO, Dr. Paul Twomey, welcomed Mr Levins to the role at the recent ICANN meeting in Morocco.
I am very pleased that Paul has joined the ICANN management team. He has a wealth of experience communicating with a wide range of communities. This will be particularly important when working within ICANNs bottom-up consultation model, Dr Twomey said.
According to Mr Levins, his appointment is timely given the increasing global interest of users in the workings of the internet.
ICANN has an incredibly important role. By ensuring there is a single, stable Domain Name System, ICANN is helping the internet deliver as a global tool for communication, research, commerce, education and social expression.
Im particularly looking forward to working within ICANNs model of governance. ICANN is a not-for-profit organisation witha model of consultation that works. The internet isnt owned by anyone, but what happens with this model is that anyone can have input as a stakeholder, he said.
ICANN stakeholders comprise Governments, technicians, individual users anyone that has an interest in the internet.
Mr Levins career comprises numerous roles in communications, corporate affairs, politics, policy and crisis management. His most recent position was the General Manager of Operations and Corporate Affairs for Bilfinger Berger Australia, a German-owned holding company in the infrastructure, building and services sector with a turnover of almost $2.5 billion and over 5000 staff. He has alsobeen a corporate affairs manager for Telstra Corporation.
Mr Levins also has a strong Government background with chief of staff roles in portfolios including Health, Urban Affairs and Planning, Housing, Higher Education, Employment Services, Water, Infrastructure and Natural Resources.
Im really looking forward to working with ICANN staff and its Board, which includes some of the key architects of the internet, Mr Levins said.
Mr Levins holds a Bachelor of Arts in English, Linguistics and Media Studies from Macquarie University inSydney and is an Honorary Associate at the Graduate School of Government at the University of Sydney. He will be based in the ICANN head office in Marina Del Rey, California.
About ICANN:
ICANN is a non-profit organisation responsible for coordinating the Internet's systems of unique identifiers, including the systems of domain names and numeric addresses that are used to reach all computers on the Internet. ICANN's mission is to ensure the stable and secure operation of these unique identifier systems, which are vital to the Internet's operation. In addition, ICANN coordinates policy development related to these technical functions through its effective bottom-up consensus model.
Mr Levins, who has more than 25 years experience in the Australian private and Government sectors, will develop and direct ICANNs corporate affairs, marketing and media strategies.
ICANN President and CEO, Dr. Paul Twomey, welcomed Mr Levins to the role at the recent ICANN meeting in Morocco.
I am very pleased that Paul has joined the ICANN management team. He has a wealth of experience communicating with a wide range of communities. This will be particularly important when working within ICANNs bottom-up consultation model, Dr Twomey said.
According to Mr Levins, his appointment is timely given the increasing global interest of users in the workings of the internet.
ICANN has an incredibly important role. By ensuring there is a single, stable Domain Name System, ICANN is helping the internet deliver as a global tool for communication, research, commerce, education and social expression.
Im particularly looking forward to working within ICANNs model of governance. ICANN is a not-for-profit organisation witha model of consultation that works. The internet isnt owned by anyone, but what happens with this model is that anyone can have input as a stakeholder, he said.
ICANN stakeholders comprise Governments, technicians, individual users anyone that has an interest in the internet.
Mr Levins career comprises numerous roles in communications, corporate affairs, politics, policy and crisis management. His most recent position was the General Manager of Operations and Corporate Affairs for Bilfinger Berger Australia, a German-owned holding company in the infrastructure, building and services sector with a turnover of almost $2.5 billion and over 5000 staff. He has alsobeen a corporate affairs manager for Telstra Corporation.
Mr Levins also has a strong Government background with chief of staff roles in portfolios including Health, Urban Affairs and Planning, Housing, Higher Education, Employment Services, Water, Infrastructure and Natural Resources.
Im really looking forward to working with ICANN staff and its Board, which includes some of the key architects of the internet, Mr Levins said.
Mr Levins holds a Bachelor of Arts in English, Linguistics and Media Studies from Macquarie University inSydney and is an Honorary Associate at the Graduate School of Government at the University of Sydney. He will be based in the ICANN head office in Marina Del Rey, California.
About ICANN:
ICANN is a non-profit organisation responsible for coordinating the Internet's systems of unique identifiers, including the systems of domain names and numeric addresses that are used to reach all computers on the Internet. ICANN's mission is to ensure the stable and secure operation of these unique identifier systems, which are vital to the Internet's operation. In addition, ICANN coordinates policy development related to these technical functions through its effective bottom-up consensus model.