Lesley Cowley
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Lesley Cowley is the Chief Executive at Nominet UK and the Chair of ICANN's ccNSO Council. Her tenure as a councilor is to last from March 2010 until March 2013.[1]
Professional Experience and ICANN[edit | edit source]
Lesley Cowley has been the Chief Executive at Nominet since 2002 and joined Nominet in 1999 as Operations Director. Her responsibilities involve leading Nominet and implementing core strategies.[2]
Nominet is the non-profit domain registry for the .uk ccTLD, and acts in the interest of all 3,000+ .uk stakeholders. [3] The company has a long standing commitment to being a leader in Internet governance. As part of this commitment, Lesley Cowley has been a member of the Country Code Names Supporting Organisation at ICANN since 2007, and was appointed its Chair in 2011. [4] Lesley Cowley has an MBA (with distinction) and is a respected member of various professional bodies, including:
- Fellow British Computer Society
- Fellow Institute of Credit Management
- Fellow Chartered Management Institute
- Fellow Royal Society for Arts
- Freeman Worshipful Company of Information Technologists
- Fellow Institute of Directors
- STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) Ambassador to schools
- Founding Trustee of Nominet Trust Charity [5]
In September, 2011 Lesley Cowley was part of a panel held in London to discuss ICANN's new gTLD program. Rod Beckstrom, CEO of ICANN, was also a panelist, and the discussion was part of a larger tour by him used to publicize and create knowledge and awareness of ICANN's new program.[6]
Participation[edit | edit source]
Ms. Cowley is a long-time ICANN participant. Notable moments in her years of participation include pressing ICANN CEO Rod Beckstrom on his record of turning-over highly experienced, long-term staff members at ICANN 40 in San Francisco.[7]
Awards[edit | edit source]
- Highly commended, Institute of Directors UK Awards 2011: not for profit/3rd sector [8]
- OBE for services to Internet and e-commerce, 2011
- Institute of Directors, London & SE, not for profit Director of the Year, 2010[9]
- CBI First Women Award for Technology, 2007 [10]
- Special commendation from Britain's Best Boss awards for encouraging a can-do attitude, 2006 [11]
References[edit | edit source]
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