[apnic-talk] Welcome to the New Director General of APNIC!
Welcome to the New Director General of APNIC!
Toru Takahashi; Chair of Executive Council, APNIC
Hello, APNIC members!
As you are aware, David Conrad formally resigned from the position of
APNIC Director General (DG) in February this year. Since that time, a
great deal of effort has been expended on defining an open, fair and
unbiased recruitment process to fill this very important position.
The APNIC Executive Council (EC) is now happy to announce that this
process has come to a successful, logical conclusion and a new Director
General has been found.
The New Director General
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The new Director General is Mr. Paul Wilson who is an Australian. To give
you a very brief background about Paul, he is very active and experienced
in the Internet community.
Not only he has been a Chief Executive Officer of an ISP, and therefore
understands ISP-related issues, but he has also worked as a consultant for
the Pan-Asia program under Singapore-based International Development
Research Centre (IDRC).
In this consulting capacity he has visited and worked in many countries
throughout Asia, both developed and developing, and as such he has
considerable cross-cultural experience and understanding.
He will be available from August 3 1998.
DG Induction
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To assist Paul in getting up to speed as quickly as possible, not only
will he be assisted by the APNIC Executive Council and Staff, but also
from well known Chair of the Asia Pacific Networking Group (APNG) -- Dr.
Tan Tin Wee. As you may know, APNIC started as an initial project of
APNG. Dr. Tan Tin Wee will assist for a period of six months.
The DG Solicitation and Selection Process
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What follows are some details about the recruitment process and its
outcomes.
KPMG were nominated to carry out the Executive Search. They are a highly
respected organization and our previous dealings with them have been very
good and of high quality.
The advertisement was placed on many mailing lists throughout the region
and beyond. It was posted on the APNIC Web site, together with the KPMG
web site. Advertisements were also prepared and placed in copies of "The
Australian" and "Singapore Straits Times" newspapers.
There were 52 applicants from many countries, all over the world.
Dr. John Earls, Director of Research from KPMG was appointed to conduct
the initial interviews. He has many years of experience interviewing
senior executives in the IT industry and has experience across the board.
>From the initial list of 52, he interviewed 15 candidates at 3 different
locations: Australia, Singapore and the US. From this process he
recommended a further 6 candidates for final interview.
We, the EC members together with senior Secretariat staff, gathered at the
new APNIC office in Brisbane for the final interviews.
Firstly, with the assistance of John Earls, we discussed and agreed on the
procedure for the interviews together with the questions to be asked.
Each candidate was interviewed for two hours. The interviews were
conducted across 2 days.
Throughout the process we have received invaluable input from the
community throughout the Asia-Pacific region. Consideration was given to
the following suggestions from members:
1. When APNIC's new DG does his own role, he/she must give ear to its
members opinions. Therefore, new DG must have ability to understand what
is the current situation of Asian countries. For this, a person from
Asian country will be suitable for APNIC in this viewpoint.
2. We think, selecting APNIC's new DG is very important issue on the
Internet society in Asia Pacific region. But, APNIC needs additional
staffs who can support DG and understand the situation of Asian countries.
3. Assistance from APNIC members, especially from national NIC's in AP
region is essential for APNIC. Therefore, new DG must have the ability to
understand the situation of national NIC's in AP region.
The Executive Council considered these comments as being basic and
important considerations.
An Asian candidate was not considered a pre-requisite for the job. What
was more important, however, was that the person selected will be able to
treat all members equally, fairly and without bias. The staff of APNIC as
a whole is very diverse and will always attempt to reflect our diverse
membership. We have people with different nationalities and birthplaces
such as Japanese, Hong Kong, Bangladesh, England and Australia. Now we
will have one additional Australian and one Singaporean.
One of the first priorities for Paul Wilson, together with Dr Tan Tin Wee
will be to visit several member countries to meet with members.
We believe, the new DG and Secretariat staff together with the members can
look towards a strong and stable future for APNIC. We hope you will give
him your support.
Thanks and Welcome!
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The EC would like to take this opportunity of thanking Mr. David Conrad
for his sterling work in nurturing APNIC from its humble beginnings to it
current form with over 200 members. We wish him the very best in his new
endeavor as the Executive Director of the Internet Software Consortium.
Together with member's support, we believe that the new DG and Secretariat
staff can look forward to a stable and stronger future for APNIC.
Please join us welcoming Paul Wilson who can be reached at
pwilson at apnic dot net.
Welcome Paul!
Toru Takahashi
Chair of Executive Council
APNIC
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