Nick Wenban-Smith

Organization:

Nominet UK

Affiliation:

ccNSO

Stakeholder Group(s):

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Region:

Europe

Country:

United Kingdom

Email:

nick.wenban-smith@nominet.org

	Currently a member of ICANN's ccNSO

Nick Wenban-Smith is Nominet's General Counsel. In this capacity, he is lead counsel for Nominet and in addition oversees the .UK registry dispute resolution processes and the organisation's internet governance participation. He has been with Nominet since 2007 and has therefore seen a lot of changes in the internet and domain name sectors. Wenban-Smith is a member of the ccNSO Council and is active within CENTR and IGF and the Law Society's Intellectual Property Committee. In his spare time Nick enjoys competitive triathlon related activities.

Career History edit

2007 - to date: Nominet UK. Roles held include Senior Legal Counsel, Company Secretary, and General Counsel.
2003 - 2007: Company Secretary and General Counsel, Huntswood CTC Limited. Financial services outsourcing company majority-owned by private equity investment.
1999 - 2003: Director of Legal Services, PowderJect Pharmaceuticals PLC. Oxford University's most successful biotech spinout, sold in 2003 for GPB550 million.
Variety of private practice roles in London and Reading prior to becoming an in-house counsel.

Education edit

Natural Sciences undergraduate degree from Christ's College, Cambridge Universtity, with a specialism in Chemistry and Biochemistry.