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Francisco da Silva is currently a non-voting Board Member of [[ICANN]] as liaison for the [[TLG|Technical Liaison Group]].

'''Francisco da Silva''' was a non-voting Board Member of [[ICANN]] from 2012 to 2013 as liaison for the [[TLG|Technical Liaison Group]].

From ICANN.org:

From ICANN.org:<br />

"Francisco da Silva Born and raised in Portugal, he has an extensive background in the telecommunications industry. From 1998 until the end of 2012, he was chairman (previously Vice Chairman of Board 1996-1998) of the European Telecommunications Standard Institute (ETSI) General Assembly. He was elected chairman of the ETSI Board from 2002 until 2008. He is since then Member of the ETSI Board.

"Francisco da Silva Born and raised in Portugal, he has an extensive background in the telecommunications industry. From 1998 until the end of 2012, he was chairman (previously Vice Chairman of Board 1996-1998) of the European Telecommunications Standard Institute (ETSI) General Assembly. He was elected chairman of the ETSI Board from 2002 until 2008. He is since then Member of the ETSI Board.

He was selected for the ICANN Board by the Protocol Support Organization (now discontinued) and began service on its Board in December 2002. Francisco Jesus Silva was selected as non-voting liaison to the ICANN Board by the Technical Liaison Group. His first term as Technical Liaison Group Liaison ended after the conclusion of ICANN's annual meeting in 2004. He was selected to serve again as the non-voting liaison to the ICANN Board by the Technical Liaison Group through the 2007 annual meeting. Francisco served as ICANN NomCom voting member in 2010. He has been selected as the non-voting liaison by the Technical Liaison Group for the year ending at the Annual General Meeting in 2013."<ref>[http://www.icann.org/en/groups/board/silva.htm Silva] Retrieved 18 Sept 2013</ref>

He was selected for the ICANN Board by the Protocol Support Organization (now discontinued) and began service on its Board in December 2002. Francisco Jesus Silva was selected as non-voting liaison to the ICANN Board by the Technical Liaison Group. His first term as Technical Liaison Group Liaison ended after the conclusion of ICANN's annual meeting in 2004. He was selected to serve again as the non-voting liaison to the ICANN Board by the Technical Liaison Group through the 2007 annual meeting. Francisco served as ICANN NomCom voting member in 2010. He has been selected as the non-voting liaison by the Technical Liaison Group for the year ending at the Annual General Meeting in 2013."<ref>[http://www.icann.org/en/groups/board/silva.htm Silva] Retrieved 18 Sept 2013</ref>