Nominet is stepping down as chairman and director of the company.
Nominet released a statement on Mr Gilbert’s resignation this morning:
Following the successful recent conclusion of Nominet’s corporate
governance review, Bob Gilbert is stepping down as a director of the
Company and Chairman of the Board. Gordon Dick, Deputy Chairman, will
take on the role of Chairman on an interim basis, whilst the Board
undertakes the process of identifying a new Chairman to lead Nominet onto
further success.Bob Gilbert was appointed Chairman in May 2005 and has successfully led
Nominet through five years of record growth and significant change,
culminating in the major constitutional reforms approved by Nominet
members at the Extraordinary General Meeting (EGM) held on 24 February
2010. He was also instrumental in the creation of the Nominet Trust.Bob Gilbert states: “Leading Nominet over the past five years has been a
challenge. We have overcome some substantial hurdles and I am especially
pleased with the way the membership wholeheartedly supported the Board and
embraced positive changes to Nominet’s constitution. Having successfully
updated Nominet’s constitution, a time consuming exercise for all
involved, it is now time for the company to move into its next phase of
development under new leadership. I am very pleased to be leaving the
Company in a strong position to embrace future opportunities and I would
like to thank the staff of Nominet for all their support and hard work
during my tenure as Chairman”Lesley Cowley, CEO at Nominet states: “We thank Bob for his hard work and
commitment over the past five years. His knowledge of corporate
governance has served us well over that time and he brought a strength and
determination that has helped us deal with some significant challenges.
His work has laid the foundations for building a bright future for Nominet
and the .uk domain name space. We all wish him the very best.”
