Paul Twomey (born 18 July 1961) is the Chief Executive Officer and President of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN). ICANN is the chief rule-making body for internet policy worldwide.
Following a private-sector role as a consultant for McKinsey & Company, Dr. Twomey held executive positions within the Australian Government's foreign trade organisation Austrade. His role there included working on strategic development and European markets.
He was appointed Chief Executive Officer of the National Office for the Information Economy (NOIE) in 1997. As a government unit responsible for developing Australian Government IT policy, it was during this time he began his involvement with ICANN. Though this role he became chair of the influential ICANN Government Advisory Committee[1] which served as the organisation's liaison with world governments.
Following his departure from NOIE, Dr. Twomey created a consultancy with Ira Magaziner (Domestic Policy Adviser to former US President Bill Clinton) called Argo P@cific[2]. Despite his move to the private sector, he continued his role on the ICANN GAC until November 2002 through an ongoing posting as external advisor to the Australian Government.
He received a Bachelor of Arts from University of Queensland, a Master of Arts from Pennsylvania State University, and a PhD from Cambridge University.
Dr. Twomey is a member of the British-North American Committee. He also serves on the board of directors of the Atlantic Council of the United States and chairs the World Economic Forum's Global Agenda Council on the Future of the Internet.
On 27 March 2003 he was elected to his current position at ICANN. On March 2, 2009, during the opening ceremony of ICANN's 34th international meeting in Mexico City, Dr. Twomey mentioned that he would be leaving ICANN in June while remaining as Senior President until the end of the year.[3] His name has recently been mentioned in relation to the Australian Government's proposed A$ 43 billion investment in a new National Broadband Network [4].
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