Peter Dengate Thrush Explained

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]

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]

External links

• Biography at icann.org
• Election of Peter Dengate Thrush as new Chairman of ICANN
• Peter Dengate Thrush Election Article

Notes and References

1. News: NZer appointed 'Chairman of cyberspace'. 3 November 2007 . 3 November 2007. The New Zealand Herald.
2. Web site: Peter Dengate Thrush named InternetNZ Fellow . 25 August 2008.
3. Web site: 'Peter Dengate Thrush Switches from ICANN to TLDH' . 1 November 2011 .