ICANN Announces New Staff Appointments

ICANN announced the appointment of Olof Nordling as manager of Policy Development Coordination.

Olof is a Swedish national and holds an MSc and was for many years Head of the TeliaSonera, the Swedish/Finnish Telecommunications group's Brussels office where he was responsible for relations to the EU institutions for Telecommunications policy matters.

In the past Olof was Counsellor and Head of the Science and Technology office at the Swedish Embassy in Paris. Prior to this he was Deputy Trade Commissioner for Sweden, based in Los Angeles.

Maria Farrell was appointed as GNSO Policy Officer. Maria is an Irish national and studied History and Politics at University College Dublin (1990 - 1994) and worked in film and television production in Ireland and the UK for four years.

In her prior career, Maria was Policy Manager for E-Business, IT and Telecoms at the International Chamber of Commerce in Paris from 2002 to 2004. Prior to this, she worked in London as Policy Executive on Electronic Law at the Law Society of England and Wales, and Policy Adviser on E-Business for the Confederation of British Industry.

ICANN appointed Donna Austin as ccNSO Policy Officer.
Donna is an Australian national with a BA in Office Management and has also undertaken post graduate studies in the arena of public policy.

Previously, Donna has held a long career in the Australian Commonwealth Public Service, undertaking a range of policy and program positions, including the role of the GAC coordinator representing the Australian Government.

Barbara Roseman was appointed as Operations Manager, IANA. This appointment is part of the ongoing process of improving the quality of IANA operations. Barbara will directly oversee, be responsible for, and participate in day-to-day operations in each of IANA's critical responsibilities.

In addition to this step, ICANN's Technical Operations department will continue to play a lead role in processing applications for Port Assignments. Barbara will interface with the Technical Operations group so that she can report performance in that area and determine, when appropriate, any adjustments that need to be made in that function.