Lanre Ajayi

Organization:	Pinet Informatics
Affiliation:	ccNSO
Region:	Africa
Country:	Nigeria
Email:	Lanre@pinet.com.ng
Website:	pinet.com.ng

Lanre Ajayi is the managing director of Pinet Informatics, the first Internet Service Provider in Nigeria. He is a co-founder of Nigeria Internet Group, an Internet advocacy group and a co-founder of the Internet Service Provider Association of Nigeria (ISPAN). Lanre is a founding Vice-chair of Africa Internet Association (AfrISPA) and a founding member of AfriNIC. Lanre is the immediate past president (Chair) of the Association of Telecommunication Companies of Nigeria (ATCON). He sits on the board of the Nigeria Internet Registration Association, the .ng ccTLD registry.

ICANN and Internet Governance Participation

President, Nigeria Internet Group - Vice - President, Internet Service Provider Association of Nigeria (ISPAN) - Vice-Chair, Africa ISP Association (AfrISPA) - President, Association of Telecommunications of Companies of Nigeria (ATCON) - Council member, ICANN GNSO Member of ICANN Expert Working Group (EWG) on RDS

Education

BSc Electrical/Electronics Engineering, University of Lagos MSc Electrical/Electronics Engineering, University of Lagos

Awards

ICT Personality of the year Internet Service Pioneer award

Country Code Names Supporting Organization. Develops and recommends to the Board global policies relating to country-code top-level domains (ICANN Bylaws).

Internet Service Provider

Generic Names Supporting Organization. Develops and recommends to the Board substantive policies relating to generic top-level domains and other responsibilities set forth in the Bylaws (ICANN Bylaws).