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| Name | Paul Byron Wilson |
| Institution | APNIC |
| Nationality | Australian |
| Country of Residence | Australia |
| Nominated by | Karen Banks
APC |
| Nationality | Australian |
| Country of Residence | Australia |
| Gender | Male |
| Short Bio relevant to Internet Governance | Paul Wilson, Director General, APNIC
Since August 1998, Paul Wilson has been Director-General of APNIC, the Regional Internet Registry (RIR) for the Asia Pacific region. In this time he has overseen the rapid growth of the organisation and its development into a well-respected institution of the Asia Pacific Internet community. He has attended countless meetings of (among others) RIRs, IETF, ICANN, ISOC, and Asia Pacific regional Internet bodies; he has made many presentations on a variety of topics relating to APNIC activities; and he has contributed as a member of numerous formal and informal committees and boards. He is currently an Executive Council member of the Number Resource Organisation (NRO), the coalition of all RIRs; a member of the Board of the Asia Pacific Internet Association (APIA); and a member of the Advisory Council of the Internet Society (ISOC).
Paul has been involved with Internet networking for over 16 years. In 1990, he was a founding staff member at Pegasus Networks, one of the first independent ISPs in Australia. He served initially as Technical Director and later as Chief Executive Officer of that company. Over an eight-year period at Pegasus he also worked on a range of Internet development activities as a consultant to the International Research Development Centre (IDRC), United Nations and international agencies. From 1994, he worked regularly with the IDRC on its Pan-Asia Networking (PAN) programme, supporting Internet connectivity and applications projects in at least 10 developing countries. He served for 5 years as a member of the Council of the Association for Progressive Communications, and for 2 as a member of the APC Executive Board. |
| Why the (self)nominee is a good choice for the IGF | Paul brings together over 15 years of on-the-ground experience with community and development oriented internet networking as well as extensive experience working with several internet governance related processes and institutions. Through his guidance and leadership, APNIC has grown to become a role model for RIR's, particulary those in developing country areas, which has contributed siginificantly to building local ownership, capacity and expertise in local and regional registries.
Paul contributed significantly to building deeper understanding and demystifying many internet governance issues (specifically those related to domain names, numbers and addressing) during the WGIG process by sharing his extensive knowledge freely throughout the process. He is highly respected in local, regional and international development and internet governance communities. He has enourmous experience in multi-stakeholder processes, particularly in relation to internet governance, is confident and comfortable in multi-stakeholder settings and always contributes in a firm, respectful and fully informed manner. We have every confidence that he would bring these much needed skills to the IGF MAG.
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| Capacity to serve on MAG | We have checked with Paul and he is aware of the time involved in serving on the MAG and is prepared to do so |
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