Peter Dengate Thrush (born 1956), also known as PDT, is a New Zealand barrister specialising in Internet law. In November 2007 he was appointed Chairman of the Board of ICANN, taking over the role from Vint Cerf.[1]
Dengate Thrush was made an InternetNZ Fellow at the InternetNZ annual meeting in August 2008 in recognition of his contributions to Internet policy issues both in New Zealand and internationally.[2]
After his Term at ICANN ended in June 2011, Dengate Thrush switched to TLDh Top Level Domain Holdings, the parent company of Minds+Machines, where he was appointed Executive Chairman.[3]
References
edit- ^ "NZer appointed 'Chairman of cyberspace'". The New Zealand Herald. 3 November 2007. Retrieved 3 November 2007.
- ^ "Peter Dengate Thrush named InternetNZ Fellow". Retrieved 25 August 2008.
- ^ "'Peter Dengate Thrush Switches from ICANN to TLDH'". Retrieved 1 November 2011.
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