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'''Lesley Cowley''' is the Chief Executive at [[Nominet]] UK and the Chair of the [[ccNSO]] at [[ICANN]].
'''Lesley Cowley''' is the Chief Executive at [[Nominet]] UK and the Chair of the [[ccNSO]] at [[ICANN]].
==Professional Experience and Awards==
==Professional Experience and ICANN==
Lesley Cowley has been Chief Executive at Nominet since 2002. Her responsibilities involve leading Nominet and plan and control the strategies' implementation.<ref>[http://dot-nxt.com/panelist/lesley-cowley A short bio of Lesley Cowley]</ref>
Lesley Cowley has been the Chief Executive at Nominet since 2002. Her responsibilities involve leading Nominet and implementing core strategies.<ref>[http://dot-nxt.com/panelist/lesley-cowley A short bio of Lesley Cowley]</ref>
Nominet is a domain registry non-profit company that acts in the interest of all .uk stakeholders with approx. 3000 members. <ref>[http://ccnso.icann.org/about/bio/lesley-cowley.htm About Nominet]</ref>
Nominet is the non-profit domain registry for the [[.uk]] [[ccTLD]], and acts in the interest of all 3,000+ .uk stakeholders. <ref>[http://ccnso.icann.org/about/bio/lesley-cowley.htm About Nominet]</ref>
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. <ref>[http://ccnso.icann.org/about/bio/lesley-cowley.htm ccNSO page]</ref>
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 [[ccNSO|Country Code Names Supporting Organisation]] at [[ICANN]] since 2007, and was appointed its Chair in 2011. <ref>[http://ccnso.icann.org/about/bio/lesley-cowley.htm ccNSO page]</ref>
Lesley Cowley is also a respected member of various boards, including:
* British Computer Society
* British Computer Society
* Institute of Credit Management
* Institute of Credit Management
===Awards===
===Awards===
* OBE for services to Internet and e-commerce, 2011
* OBE for services to Internet and e-commerce, 2011
* CBI First Women Award for Technology, 2007 <ref>[http://www.nominet.org.uk/governance/board/ Awards]</ref>
* CBI First Women Award for Technology, 2007 <ref>[http://www.nominet.org.uk/governance/board/ Awards]</ref>
* Special commendation from Britain's Best Boss awards for encouraging a can-do attitude, 2006 <ref>[http://ccnso.icann.org/about/bio/lesley-cowley.htm Awards ccNSO page]</ref>
* Special commendation from Britain's Best Boss awards for encouraging a can-do attitude, 2006 <ref>[http://ccnso.icann.org/about/bio/lesley-cowley.htm Awards ccNSO page]</ref>