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'''Lesley Cowley''' is the Chief Executive at Nominet UK and a Chair, ccNSO at [[ICANN]].
'''Lesley Cowley''' is the Chief Executive at Nominet UK and a Chair, ccNSO at [[ICANN]].


==Professional experience and awards==
==Professional Experience and Awards==


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>
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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[[Category: People]]
[[Category: People]]
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Revision as of 13:25, 29 March 2011


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LinkedIn:    [Profile Lesley Cowley]
Twitter:    @lesleycowley

Lesley Cowley is the Chief Executive at Nominet UK and a Chair, ccNSO at ICANN.

Professional Experience and Awards[edit | edit source]

Lesley Cowley has been Chief Executive at Nominet since 2002. Her responsibilities involve leading Nominet and plan and control the strategies' implementation.[1]

Nominet is a domain registry non-profit company that acts in the interest of all .uk stakeholders with approx. 3000 members. [2] 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. [3] 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 [4]

Awards[edit | edit source]

  • OBE for services to Internet and e-commerce, 2011
  • CBI First Women Award for Technology, 2007 [5]
  • Special commendation from Britain's Best Boss awards for encouraging a can-do attitude, 2006 [6]

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