Councillors, FYI. Stéphane Van Gelder Directeur Général / General manager INDOM NetNames France ---------------- Registry Relations and Strategy Director NetNames T: +33 (0)1 48 01 83 51 F: +33 (0)1 48 01 83 61 Début du message réexpédié :
De : Fadi Chehade <fadi.chehade@icann.org> Objet : Update on ICANN Developments Date : 27 septembre 2012 23:49:35 HAEC À : Stephane Van Gelder <stephane.vangelder@indom.com> Cc : David Olive <david.olive@icann.org>, Sally Costerton <sally.costerton@icann.org>
Dear Stéphane:
In preparation for Toronto, I want to keep you apprised of management and organizational developments at ICANN, and to make an important introduction of a new member of our team. These changes have resulted from my “listening and learning” phase, and I have shared them to date with ICANN staff and the Board. I will be sharing more at the opening session at the ICANN meeting, but want to provide just a few highlights for you as well:
THE TEAM
First, as you may already know, I officially assumed the position of President andChief Executive Officer on September 14, two weeks ahead of my planned start date. I have also appointed new members to the ICANN Leadership team, to complement our existing deep experience with fresh perspectives from international executives. The two new members of the team are Tarek Kamel and Sally Costerton. Tarek, Egypt’s former Communications Minister, who already leads the development of ICANN’s Africa strategy, will assume the role of Senior Advisor for Government Affairs, leading all aspects of ICANN’s Government Engagement. I have asked Sally, who was most recently CEO of Hill & Knowlton Public Relations for Europe, the Middle East and Africa, to lead in a new position responsible for Stakeholder Engagement, and she willalso oversee the Communications function. I am using this email to introduce Sally to you as well, in hopes that you will be in contact soon.
Both Sally and Tarek will be based in ICANN's European region and will report directly to me. Their goal is to strengthen ICANN's international engagement at all levels.
As for additional members of the leadership team:
· Akram Atallah's role will be expanded to include oversight of Registry and Registrar Services, the new generic Top-Level Domain (gTLD) program, Security and other important activities. · Kurt Pritz, Senior Vice President, will take on a new role as Chief of Strategy. · John Jeffrey, General Counsel and Secretary of the ICANN Board, will continue in that role. · David Olive, Vice President of Policy, will also continue in his current role.
Finally, in what I feel is a significant organizational development, Maguy Serad, Senior Director of Contractual Compliance, has been promoted to Vice President, with her department reporting directly to me.
THE ORGANIZATION
In order to make ICANN truly international, and to make sure that these changes put stakeholders at the very heart of our organization, we will reconfigureICANN as a global matrix organization, bringing regionally dedicated and functional staff together to collaborate as teams serving the interests of our community, and enhancing engagement. We will also be shifting our centers of gravity, relocating leadership of key managementfunctions outside the United States.
THE PRIORITIES
Taking our cue from the Strategic Plan developed by the Community and the Board, we have begun work on an execution plan to provide greater visibility, management efficiency and direction to the work we do. I will provide more details in Toronto on how our execution will be directed toward a set of objectives:
Delivering Operations Excellence, Evolving and Strengthening the Multi-Stakeholder Model, Establishing and Refining ICANN’s Clarity of Purpose, and Ushering in ICANN’s true Internationalization
Sally Costerton can provide more details on these plans, but, like me, she has been in a “listening and learning phase” of her own. I hope the two of you will have a chance to speak soon.
Our work to date has been possible thanks to the open dialogue and information sharing you to which you have been kind enough to contribute. I hope that we can continue to build upon this collaborative foundation, and I look forward to hearing your views in Toronto.
Sincerely,
Fadi Chehadé