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'''Fadi Chehadé''' is the incoming President and CEO of [[ICANN]]. He is set to take over from the Interim CEO [[Akram Atallah]] on or before October 1, 2012.
'''Fadi Chehadé''' is the current President and CEO of [[ICANN]]. He was originally set to take over from the Interim CEO [[Akram Atallah]] on October 1, 2012, but he started the position two weeks early, on September 14.
Fadi attended [[ICANN 44]] in Prague, Czech Republic, and gave a speech during the Opening Ceremony.<ref>[http://www.thedomains.com/2012/06/25/new-icann-ceo-fadi-chehade-impresses-in-opening-session-the-internet-is-the-greatest-public-gift/ New ICANN CEO Fadi Chehade Impresses In Opening Session: “The Internet is the Greatest Public Gift”, thedomains.com]</ref>
Fadi attended [[ICANN 44]] in Prague, Czech Republic, and gave a speech during the Opening Ceremony.<ref>[http://www.thedomains.com/2012/06/25/new-icann-ceo-fadi-chehade-impresses-in-opening-session-the-internet-is-the-greatest-public-gift/ New ICANN CEO Fadi Chehade Impresses In Opening Session: “The Internet is the Greatest Public Gift”, thedomains.com]</ref>
# "I will be very transparent".."super transparent"..."extra transparent"
# "I will be very transparent".."super transparent"..."extra transparent"
# "I will make all my decisions for the public interest"<ref>[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rjt2mCinmbg ICANN 44 Opening Ceremony, Youtube.com]</ref>
# "I will make all my decisions for the public interest"<ref>[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rjt2mCinmbg ICANN 44 Opening Ceremony, Youtube.com]</ref>
===Assuming the CEO Position===
[[ICANN]] announced on September, 14, 2012 that Mr. Chehadé has officially stepped into his role as CEO, which it pointed out was 2 weeks ahead of the deadline of October 1. Along with this announcement came the news that Mr. Chehadé had already made arrangements to restructure the organization via who reports directly to him, the creation of new executive positions, and hiring for and reorganizing these senior positions. These changes notably included:
* [[Akram Atallah]], interim CEO is returning to his role as COO, with expanded responsibilities, which include oversight of [[Registry]] and [[Registrar]] Services, the [[New gTLD Program|new generic Top-Level Domain (gTLD) program]], andSecurity and other important activities
* [[Tarek Kamel]], who previously lead the development of ICANN's African strategy as a Senior Advisor to the President, was appointed to the new role of Senior Advisor for Government Affairs, leading all aspects of Government Engagement. He was on the short list of consideration for the ICANN CEO position, which Mr. Chehadé went on to fill. Mr. Kamel will be based in Europe.<ref>[http://news.dot-nxt.com/2012/09/14/icanns-new-ceo-announces-bold ICANNs New CEO Announces bold, News.Dot-Nxt.com]</ref>
* [[Sally Costerton]], was a new hire and was most recently CEO of Hill & Knowlton Public Relations for Europe, the Middle East and Asia. Her new role at ICANN is Head of Stakeholder Relations, which is a role that will incorporate the communications function. She was also on the short list for ICANN CEO. Ms. Costerton will be based in Europe.
All three of these executives are to report directly to Mr. Chehadé. Other executives to report directly to the CEO include: [[Kurt Pritz]], who will assume the role of Chief of Strategy, leaving the role of Senior Vice President; [[John Jeffrey]], General Counsel and Secretary of the [[ICANN Board]]; [[David Olive]], Vice President of Policy; [[Maguy Serad]], is to assume the position of VP of Contractual Compliance, being promoted from Senior Director of Contractual Compliance, with her department reporting directly to the CEO as well.<ref>[http://www.icann.org/en/news/announcements/announcement-14sep12-en.htm Announcement, ICANN.org]</ref>
==Career History==
==Career History==