ICANN President and CEO Paul Twomey at today's Mexico City meeting opening ceremony, announcing he will be stepping down at the end of his current term on June 30th. (photo SVG).
[FONT=verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif]Paul Twomey will be stepping down at the end of 2009 after 6 years as ICANN's President and CEO. Twomey explained the reasons for his desire to leave ICANN during today's Mexico City meeting opening ceremony.
"I have been President since 2003," Twomey reminded a packed main meeting room at the Sheraton Centro Historico convention centre, where the 34th ICANN meeting is taking place this week. "In fact, today is my 60th month as President. My contract expires in June and I have told the Board that I would not be seeking its renewal for another 3-year term."
Twomey, who was Chairman of ICANN's Governmental Advisory Committee (GAC) for 4 years before being named President, feels that staying on any longer would have been detrimental to the organisation he leads. "Another term would have meant 10 years of the same President," he said. "Also, on a more personal level, at 47 years of age I would like to hold other leadership positions in private enterprise."[/FONT]
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