Chris Disspain

Country:	Australia
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Chris Disspain is Chair of The Management Team at The Brooke Consultancy and the Non-Executive Director of Governance at The Global Brain Data Foundation.

ICANN Involvement

Selected by the ccNSO, Disspain was actively involved in ICANN, serving on the Board from 2011 to 2020. He was:

• ICANN Board Vice Chair - 2017 to 2019
• On the Board Executive Committee – 2014 to 2020
• Chair of Legal Committee - 2017 to 2019
• Chair of Board Governance Committee – 2014 to 2017
• A Member of Compensation Committee – 2014 to date
• A Member of the following committees over the course of those nine years:

• Audit
• Finance
• Global Relations
• Organisational Effectiveness
• Public Participation
• New gTLD Program

• A Member of the following Board Working Groups:

• GAC Advice
• GAC Recommendation Implementation
• Registration Directory Services
• Anti-Harassment
• Internet Governance
• Strategic Planning
• Reserve Fund
• Trust
• Transition Coordination Team

and a Member of the following Board Caucuses:

• Auction Proceeds
• Budgeting and Prioritisation of Community Recommendations
• Competition, Consumer Trust and Consumer Choice Review
• General Data Protection Regulation
• International Governmental Organization Issues
• New gTLD Subsequent Procedures PDP
• Registration Directory Services Review
• Security, Stability and Resiliency Review 2

Career History

Disspain is the former CEO of .au Domain Administration Ltd. auDA which manages the .au domain space for the benefit of Australian Internet users. On March 24, 2016, AuDA announced that Disspain would be departing from the organization in order to make room for new leadership. From its foundation in June 2004, until he stood down in March 2011, Chris was the Chair of the Country Code Name Supporting Organisation (ccNSO), the body that represents the interests of and sets global policy and best practice for country code top-level domains (ccTLDs) within ICANN.

From 2006 to 2014, Chris was a member of the United Nations Secretary-General's Internet Governance Multi-stakeholder Advisory Group.

Contribution to the Internet in Australia

Chris’s work with these organizations ensured that the Australian Internet-using community has a voice and representation in some of the most influential forums. In his time as CEO for auDA, Chris was responsible for establishing a range of community programs, for the support and growth of the Internet in Australia:

• The Australian Internet Governance Forum (auIGF)
• The Australia & New Zealand Internet Awards (ANZIA)
• The auDA Foundation
• Community Geographic Domain Names (CGDN)

External Links

• http://www.auda.org.au
• http://www.igf.org.au
• http://www.anzia.org.au
• http://www.audafoundation.org.au
• http://www.cgdn.org.au

Governmental Advisory Committee. Considers and provides advice on the activities of ICANN as they relate to concerns of governments, particularly matters where there may be an interaction between ICANN's policies and various laws and international agreements or where they may affect public policy issues (ICANN Bylaws).