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Peter Dengate Thrush

Peter Dengate Thrush

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Peter Dengate-Thrush (born 1956), aka "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]

Peter Dengate Thrush

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]

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  1. [1]
    "NZer appointed 'Chairman of cyberspace'". The New Zealand Herald. 3 November 2007. Retrieved 3 November 2007.
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    "Peter Dengate Thrush named InternetNZ Fellow". Retrieved 25 August 2008.
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    "'Peter Dengate Thrush Switches from ICANN to TLDH'". Retrieved 1 November 2011.
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