Executive Search Committee

President and CEO

CEO Search

ICANN is currently seeking to recruit a successor to Michael Roberts, ICANN's President and CEO. When he was hired, Mike agreed to hold the position during ICANN's start-up phase and through the establishment of a stable corporate structure and the transition to a fully constituted Board of Directors.

The Board is now seeking candidates for the position of President and CEO, to be appointed before the end of 2000.

For a full position description and search specification, please click here.

Executive Search Consultant

To assist the Executive Search Committee, ICANN has retained the services of Christopher Mill & Partners of London.

Please send inquiries, expressions of interest, and recommendations of possible candidates to exec-search@icann.org.

 

The Executive Search Committee is responsible for overseeing the search for a Chief Executive Officer for ICANN, along with other executive officers.

Background

The Executive Search Committee of the ICANN Board was established by resolution on November 4, 1999:

"RESOLVED [99.123], that there be, and there hereby is, effective immediately, designated a Committee of the Board to be named the 'Executive Search Committee,' responsible for overseeing the search for a Chief Executive Officer and other officers as appropriate."

Members of the Committee

The members of the Executive Search Committee are Vint Cerf (Chair), Jonathan Cohen, Hans Kraaijenbrink, and Alejandro Pisanty.