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The European advanced network GÉANT  announced Lise Fuhr as their next Chief Executive Officer, set to succeed current CEO Erik Huizer on 21 November 2024.

The next GEANT CEO has served as Director General of ETNO, the Brussels-based association representing Europe’s leading telecom operators, for nine years. She is Chair of the Danish Cyber security organisation “Security Tech Space”, and in August 2022, was nominated as a member of the United Nations Internet Governance Forum Leadership Panel, serving a three-year term. Between 2017 and 2024, she was a Board member of European Cyber Security Organisation (ECSO). From 2016-2022 she served as Chairwoman of the Boards of Public Interest Registry (.org domain name registry) and the Public Technical Identifiers (PTI), formerly IANA, and affiliate of ICANN.

From 2009 to 2016, she was Chief Operating Officer of DK Hostmaster and DIFO, the company managing .dk domain names. From September 2014 to October 2016, she also chaired the Cross Community Working Group for the IANA Stewardship Transition, building on her strong network within the internet community. The new GEANT CEO has over 20 years of experience within the internet, technology, and telecoms industries and is a lifelong member of ATV – the Danish Academy of Technical Sciences – an independent think tank.

“Building on a career working with technology and innovation, I am truly looking forward to joining GÉANT and its diverse membership. The research and education community is moved by a strong sense of purpose, which I am eager to serve and support with the whole organisation. I am honoured to succeed Erik Huizer and grateful to the Board for entrusting me with this responsibility,” said Fuhr.