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Country:	Switzerland
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Nick Ashton-Hart is the Principal at Consensus Optimus. While he currently resides in Geneva, Switzerland, he is a citizen of the USA and UK.^[1]

he has also been recently working with Google, and as the Geneva representative to the Computer and Communications Industry Association. He was nominated to be an ISOC trustee in 2011.^[2]

Career History

ICANN Involvement

Mr. Ashton-Hart was involved with ICANN from 2006 until 2010. He began as a consultant working with the European and African At-Large Community, and was promoted to the At-Large Directorial position in 2007.^[3] In 2009, he was named the Senior Director for Participation and Engagement ICANN. The latter position was created following the departure of Kieren McCarthy as the General Manager of Public Participation.^[4]

Other Work

From 2000 until 2004, Nick Ashton-Hart was the Managing Director for Subversive Music Management and its European counterpart, which represents international musicians such as James Brown,^[5] and Heaven 17.^[6] While working in the music industry he was also the Executive Director of the International Music Managers Forum.^[7] As Chief Executive of the NGO, he was responsible for managing its staff and budget and representing the body within other forums, such as the U.N. and WIPO.^[8]

He has also worked as a consultant in both the IT sector and the realm of NGOs. This diverse experience has seen him working with intellectual property, UN panels on urban development, and more generally help NGOs and multi-stakeholder organizations work together.^[9]^[10]

Meetings and Conferences

Keynote speaker at MusicTank's debate on the proposed Sony BMG merger in 2004.^[11]
Panelist at New Relationships Between Creative Communities and Consumers, hosted by the TransAtlantic Consumer Dialogue in 2006.^[12]
Speaker at 6th Annual Meeting of the Transatlantic Consumer Dialog.^[13]

External Links

Speech of Nick Ashton-Hart for FIA, IMPALA and the IMMF

References

[1] LinkedIn

[2] ISOC.org

[3] LinkedIn.com

[4] .icann.org

[5] twellow.com

[6] talhollywood.com

[7] usicweek.com

[8] LinkedIn

[9] DigitalHollywood.com

[10] Ashtonhart.typepad.com

[11] usicweek.com

[12] tacd.org

[13] tacd.org

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+he has also been recently working with [[Google]], and as the Geneva representative to the [[CCIA|Computer and Communications Industry Association]]. He was nominated to be an [[ISOC]] trustee in 2011.<ref>[http://www.isoc.org/isoc/general/trustees/elections/2011/candidates/ashton.shtml ISOC.org]</ref>
 == Career History ==
+===ICANN Involvement===
+Mr. Ashton-Hart was involved with ICANN from 2006 until 2010. He began as a consultant working with the European and African [[At-Large]] Community, and was promoted to the At-Large Directorial position in 2007.<ref>[http://www.linkedin.com/in/ashtonhart LinkedIn.com]</ref> In 2009, he was named the Senior Director for Participation and Engagement [[ICANN]]. The latter position was created following the departure of [[Kieren McCarthy]] as the General Manager of Public Participation.<ref>[http://blog.icann.org/2009/12/nick-ashton-hart-now-senior-director-participation-and-engagement/ blog.icann.org]</ref>
-He first started out in the ICANN staff as a consultant to a European/African ALS community group who worked to grow, maintain and bring to fruition the structure of RALOs needed to bring those regions of the world an understanding of what it means to be part of ICANN and revealing their overarching goal.
+===Other Work===
+From 2000 until 2004, Nick Ashton-Hart was the Managing Director for Subversive Music Management and its European counterpart, which represents international musicians such as James Brown,<ref>[http://www.twellow.com/user/nashtonhart twellow.com]</ref> and Heaven 17.<ref>[http://www.digitalhollywood.com/%231-DHEurope/London-Thursday16A.html digitalhollywood.com]</ref> While working in the music industry he was also the Executive Director of the International Music Managers Forum.<ref>[http://www.musicweek.com/story.asp?sectioncode=1&storycode=7481 musicweek.com]</ref> As Chief Executive of the NGO, he was responsible for managing its staff and budget and representing the body within other forums, such as the U.N. and [[WIPO]].<ref>[http://www.linkedin.com/in/ashtonhart LinkedIn]</ref>
-He was once the Executive Director of International Music Managers Forum, this forum represented musicians at the international spectrum as opposed to the generalization of specific country artists. Some of these artists included James Brown, “The Godfather of Soul” and the band called Heaven 17.
-Nick has also worked a consulting IT leadership position in a for-profit company where he would stay in a director’s position for a 20 year career in the multilateral world. These fields would include many different tasks but there was much urban development as well as negotiations at the World Intellectual Property Organization for purposes of diplomacy.
-Throughout his career he has continually worked as both a non-profit, privately held and for-profit worker as both a director of services and varying other positions within a given ICANN field of play. He even ascertained partnership at the Lansharks EIS, Inc. which paved the way for his continued prolonged career.
+He has also worked as a consultant in both the IT sector and the realm of NGOs. This diverse experience has seen him working with [[Intellectual Property|intellectual property]], UN panels on urban development, and more generally help NGOs and multi-stakeholder organizations work together.<ref>[http://www.digitalhollywood.com/%231-DHEurope/London-Thursday16A.html DigitalHollywood.com]</ref><ref>[http://ashtonhart.typepad.com/about.html Ashtonhart.typepad.com]</ref>
-== Anthropology ==
+== Meetings and Conferences ==
-Nick was the coordinator of an event in 1987 that involved fundraising for the UN International Year of Shelter for the homeless.
+*Keynote speaker at MusicTank's debate on the proposed Sony BMG merger in 2004.<ref>[http://www.musicweek.com/story.asp?sectioncode=1&storycode=7481 musicweek.com]</ref>
+*Panelist at New Relationships Between Creative Communities and Consumers, hosted by the TransAtlantic Consumer Dialogue in 2006.<ref>[http://tacd.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=142&Itemid=126 tacd.org]</ref>
+*Speaker at 6th Annual Meeting of the Transatlantic Consumer Dialog.<ref>[http://tacd.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=106&Itemid=87 tacd.org]</ref>
 == External Links ==
 [http://www.europarl.europa.eu/comparl/juri/hearings/20060131/ashton_en.pdf Speech of Nick Ashton-Hart for FIA, IMPALA and the IMMF]
 == References ==
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