Paul Wilson

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United States

About

An Internet industry professional with over 30 years of technical, policy and leadership experience in Internet services, technology, development and governance; serving for over 20 years as Director General of APNIC (the Asia Pacific Network Information Centre), the Regional Internet address Registry (RIR) for the Asia Pacific region. Serving as an active member of a wide range of demanding international committees and boards including: - Internet Governance Forum (IGF) Multistakeholder Advisory Group (MAG), - IANA stewardship transition Coordination Group (ICG), - Wuzhen World Internet Conference (WIC) High-level Advisory Committee, - APrIGF multistakeholder steering group (as Chair for several years), - Global Forum on Cyber Expertise (GFCE) Advisory Board, - "I*" leaders group, including representatives of RIRs, ISOC, ICANN, IETF, IAB and others, - Number Resource Organisation (NRO) Executive Council.

Experience

  • Project Professor at Keio University
    Apr 2026 - Present · 3 mos

  • Director at APIDT
    2020 - Present · 6 yrs 6 mos

  • Member, Executive Council at Number Resource Organization
    Oct 2003 - Jun 2024 · 20 yrs 9 mos

    Chair: 2008, 2013, 2018.

  • Director General at APNIC
    Aug 1998 - Jun 2024 · 25 yrs 11 mos

  • IGF (18 yrs 1 mo)
    • Delegate
      2006 - 2024 · 18 yrs

    • Member, Multistakeholder Advisory Group
      Apr 2012 - Dec 2014 · 2 yrs 9 mos