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− | http://www.nominet.org.uk/governance/board/ | + | Lesley Cowley has been Chief Executive at Nominet since 2002. Her responsibilities involve leading Nominet and plan and control the strategies' implementation.<ref>[http://dot-nxt.com/panelist/lesley-cowley A short bio of Lesley Cowley]</ref> |
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| + | Nominet is a domain registry non-profit company that acts in the interest of all .uk stakeholders with approx. 3000 members. <ref>[http://ccnso.icann.org/about/bio/lesley-cowley.htm About Nominet]</ref> |
| + | The company has a long standing commitment to becoming a leader in matter of internet governance. As part of this commitment, Lesley Cowley has been a member of the Country Code Names Supporting Organisation (ccNSO) at [[ICANN]] since 2007, being appointed as Chair in 2011. <ref>[http://ccnso.icann.org/about/bio/lesley-cowley.htm ccNSO page]</ref> |
| + | Among others, Lesley Cowley is also a respected member of different boards, among which: |
| + | * British Computer Society |
| + | * Institute of Credit Management |
| + | * Chartered Management Institute |
| + | * Royal Society for Arts |
| + | * STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) Ambassador to schools |
| + | * Founding Trustee of Nominet Trust Charity <ref>[http://www.nominet.org.uk/governance/board/ Boards and Associations]</ref> |
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| + | ===Awards=== |
| + | * OBE for services to Internet and e-commerce, 2011 |
| + | * CBI First Women Award for Technology, 2007 <ref>[http://www.nominet.org.uk/governance/board/ Awards]</ref> |
| + | * Special commendation from Britain's Best Boss awards for encouraging a can-do attitude, 2006 <ref>[http://ccnso.icann.org/about/bio/lesley-cowley.htm ccNSO page]</ref> |
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| + | ==References== |
| + | {{Reflist}} |
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| + | [[Category: People]] |