Nominet, the official registry for domain names ending in 鈥�.uk鈥� such as gov.uk and nhs.uk, has chosen Paul Fletcher as its next CEO.鈥犅�
Fletcher is currently CEO at BCS, the chartered institute鈥痜or IT, an organisation with 60,000 members.鈥�
He will鈥痡oin Nominet in February 2022.
Fletcher鈥檚 career has focused on technology and education. During his time at BCS, he led a programme promoting digital apprenticeships that helped restore the organisation to profitability after a regulatory change had a major impact on revenues.鈥犅�
Prior to鈥痟is time at BCS, Paul was MD of educational technology at鈥疪M Education,鈥痑n educational technology business,鈥痑nd has held鈥痑 number of鈥痮perational management and鈥痵trategic鈥痗onsultancy roles.鈥�犅�
Nominet chair Andrew Green said: 鈥榃e were looking for a CEO who would put purpose at the heart of Nominet. Someone to oversee a significant increase in public benefit spending and build strong relationships with members.聽
鈥淎nd of course someone with the operational experience to run part of the UK鈥檚 critical national infrastructure smoothly and deliver a world class service for members and customers.聽
鈥淧aul has the breadth of experience to take the organisation forward into its next phase.鈥�
Fletcher said: 鈥淣ominet has played an important role in the UK鈥檚 digital economy for over 25 years.鈥� While I鈥檒l be sad to leave BCS,鈥痶he professional body for the IT industry is in very capable hands.鈥�
鈥淚鈥檓 exceptionally proud to join another purpose-driven organisation, respected for its work running a reliable and responsible .uk registry and contributing to a more secure online world. I look forward to meeting members and the Nominet team.鈥澛�
Paul will join the Nominet board when he takes up his appointment.鈥�