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Lesley Cowley

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Lesley Cowley is the Chief Executive at Nominet UK and the Chair of the 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]

References[edit | edit source]

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