ICANN gets new Chief Executive

The organisation that oversees Internet domain names has appointed a new Chief Executive, who will have to take on some of the major challenges facing the non-profit body, including controversy over expansion of its services.

Fadi Chehade will start his new job at ICANN (the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers) in October.

Chehade said, “I would pursue consensus-building among all the stakeholders involved in affairs affecting the internet. Multi-stakeholder models require patience but I believe this process is nearly sacred.”