DON HOLLANDER

Mr Hollander was APTLD’s inaugural General Manager in 2006 and returned to lead the organisation in 2013. Mr Hollander has had extensive involvement in the Internet domain name industry, Internet Governance and ICT issues for many years. He was an early councillor of InternetNZ (who run the .nz ccTLD) and was the General Manager for Computer Services Ltd in Samoa (who is responsible for the .ws ccTLD). Mr Hollander was a key advocate and driver for the creation of internationalised ccTLDs which play a critical role in Internet adoption in this region. In addition, Mr Hollander has more recently organised a Regional Internet Governance Forum for the Pacific and has been involved ICT for development throughout the Pacific and New Zealand, through his time with GKP (Global Knowledge Partners), as Chair of the 2020 Communications Trust (a New Zealand based not for profit organisation) and as co-chair of PIP (The Pacific Internet Partners).