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ICANN taps Göran Marby as fresh CEO

ICANN taps Göran Marby as fresh CEO

ICANN names fresh Chief Executive Officer to replace outgoing head Fadi Chehadé.

marbyICANN disclosed this morning that it has hired Göran Marby as its fresh CEO.

Marby is right now the Director-General of the Swedish Post and Telecom Authority. Prior to that, he co-founded security software firm AppGate Network Security, where he served as CEO between 2002 and 2009.

He is a Swedish citizen and right now lives in Stockholm. He will relocate to ICANN’s headquarters in Los Angeles.

There will be a two-month gap between current CEO Fadi Chehadé leaving and Marby taking over. Akram Atallah, President of ICANN’s Global Domains Division, will serve as acting CEO during this period.

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