Multistakeholder Advisory Group (MAG) - List of Members 2016

Chair

• Ms. St. Amour, Lynn (Technical Community)
   Boston, USA – CEO, Internet Matters 

Members

• Ms. Franz I., Liesyl (Government)
   USA – Senior Policy Advisor in the Office of the Coordinator for Cyber Issues at the Department of State

• Ms. Erramuspe, Alejandra  (Government)
   Uruguay – Communications Manager and Head of Internet Governance, Agencia de Gobierno Electrónico y Sociedad de la Información y el Conocimiento (AGESIC)

• Mr. Donkor, Wisdom (Government)
   Ghana – Information Technology Manager, Technical Lead for Ghana Open Data Initiative, National Information Technology Agency

 

• Ms. Andersdotter, Amelia (Civil Society)
   Örsundsbro, Sweden – Member, Pirate Party

• Mr. Bhatia, Virat (Private Sector)
   New Delhi, India - Chairman, Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) Communication and Digital Economy Committee 

• Ms. Bidart, Silvia (Private Sector)
   Buenos Aires, Argentina - Director General, Federation of ICT Ibero-Latin American Industry National Associations

• Mr. Boukadoum, Mourad (Government)
   Geneva, Switzerland – Counselor, Permanent Mission of Algeria

 • Mr. Cheon, Billy Mooho (Government)
   Republic of Korea – General Researcher, Korea Internet & Security Agency

• Ms. Caballero, María Victoria Romero (Government)
   Geneva, Switzerland – First Secretary, Permanent Mission of Mexico

• Ms. Cade, Marilyn (Private Sector)
   Falls Church, USA – CEO, Strategies mCADE llc

• Mr. Casabuenas, Julian (Civil Society)
   Colombia - Member of the Association for Progressive Communications (APC) 

• Mr. van Rhijn, Arnold (Government)
   Netherlands – Senior Policy Advisor, Ministry of Economic Affairs 

 • Ms. Hutchison, Laura  (Technical Community)
   United Kingdom – Policy Executive at Nominet

• Ms. Bou Harb, Zeina (Government)
   Lebanon – OGERO Telecom, Ministry of Telecommunications

• Ms. Abdulla, Rasha  (Civil Society)
   Egypt – Associate Professor at the American University in Cairo

• Mr. Mansoor Ansari, Omar (Private Sector)
   Afghanistan – President, TechNation Afghanistan

 

• Mr. Dengate Thrush, Peter (Technical Community)
   Wellington, New Zealand – Counsel, Barrister

• Ms. Doria, Avri (Civil Society)
   Providence, USA – Independent Researcher, DBA Technicalities

• Ms. Elanskaya, Yulia (Government)
   Moscow, Russian Federation - Deputy Director of International Cooperation Department, Ministry of Telecom and Mass Communication 

• Mr. Elgamal, Hossam (Private Sector)
   Cairo, Egypt - Board Member, AfICTA – Africa ICT Alliance

• Mr. Douglas, Onyango  (Technical Community)
   Uganda – Chief technology officer at Delta IT Solutions 

• Mr. Fernández González, Juan Alfonso (Government)
   Havana, Cuba – Advisor, Ministry of Communications

• Mr. Gjorgjinski, Ljupco Jivan (Government)
   Skopje, Macedonia – Assistant Director, Cabinet of the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Macedonia

• Ms. Ho, Bianca Caroline (Civil Society)
   Hong Kong, China - NetMission Ambassador, NetMission.Asia

• Ms. Jere, Towela (Government)
   Johannesburg, South Africa - Programmes Manager, NEPAD Planning and Coordinating Agency

• Ms. Kaspar, Lea (Civil Society)
   Zagreb, Croatia – Programme Lead, Global Partners Digital

• Ms. Kee, Jac sm (Civil Society)
   Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia - Women's Rights Programme Manager, Association for Progressive Communications

• Mr. Kenyanito, Ephraim Percy (Civil Society)
   Eldoret, Kenya – Policy Fellow, Access

• Ms. Laksmi, Shita (Civil Society)
   Jakarta, Indonesia – Programme Manager, HIVOS Regional Office Southeast Asia

• Ms. Lazanski, Dominique (Private Sector)
   London, United Kingdom – Public Policy Director, GSM Association

• Mr. Lee, Xiaodong (Private Sector)
   Beijing, China – Chief Executive Officer, China Internet Network Information Center (CNNIC)

• Ms. Mahmutovic, Aida (Civil Society)
    Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina – Programme Manager, Oneworld - Platform for Southeast Europe (OWPSEE) Foundation

• Mr. Markovic, Slobodan (Technical Community)
   Belgrade, Serbia - Advisor for ICT Policy and Internet Community Relations, Serbian National Internet Domain Registry

• Mr. Mazzone, Giacomo (Media)
   Geneva, Switzerland - Head of Institutional Relations, European Broadcasting Union

• Ms. Miller, Cheryl Ann (Private Sector)
   Washington, USA – Director of International Public Policy and Regulatory Affairs, Verizon

• Mr. Moisander, Juuso (Government)
   Sipoo, Finland - Commercial Secretary, Information Society and ICT, Ministry for Foreign Affairs

 Mr. Nelson, Michael (Private Sector)
   Washington DC, USA - Information Technology Trends and Internet Policy Consultant

• Mr. Pérez Galindo, Rafael (Government)
   Spain – Head of Unit, Directorate for Information Society Services, Ministry of Industry, Energy and Tourism

 • Ms. Okutani, Izumi (Technical Community)
   Tokyo, Japan – Policy Liaison, Japan Network Information Center (JPNIC)

• Mr. Olugbile, Segun (Private Sector)
   Abuja, Nigeria – CEO, Continental Project Affairs Associates

• Mr. Ostrowski, Igor (Government)
   Warsaw, Poland – Chairman, Polish Digitization Council

• Ms. Paque, Virginia (Civil Society)
   Maracay, Venezuela – Director Internet Governance Programmes, DiploFoundation

 • Ms. Thomas Raynaud, Elizabeth (Private Sector)
   Canada/France - Senior Policy Executive, Digital Economy and Project Director at International Chamber of Commerce (ICC)

• Ms. Sakalova, Marianne (Civil Society)
   Minsk, Belarus – Consultant on Internet related Policies, Legal Transformations Center

• Mr. Estrada, Miguel Ignacio (Government)
   Argentina – National Director, Agency for Internet Policy and Development

• Mr. Valdez, German (Technical Community)
   Brisbane, Australia – Executive Secretary, Number Resource Organisation

• Mr. Wagner, Flávio (Technical Community)
   Porto Alegre, Brazil – Board Member, Brazilian Internet Steering Committee (CGI.br) 

 • Mr. Muataz, Mohammed (Government) 
   Sudan – Head of Monitoring and Response, Sudan Computer and Emergency Response Team

 • Ms. Aquino Ribeiro, Renata Brazil (Civil Society)
   Brazil - Professor at Federal University of Ceará, IT Campus, Quixadá City

 • Mr. Son, Tran Van (Government) 
    Viet Nam – Permanent Mission of Viet Nam to the United Nations Office at Geneva, Switzerland Sudan

 • Mr. Wanawit, Akhuputral (Government) 
   Thailand – Deputy Executive Director, Electronic Transactions Development Agency, Ministry of Information and Communication Technology

 • Ms. Tamanikaiwaimaro, Salanieta (Civil Society) 
    Fiji – President, South Pacific Computer Society 

 • Mr. Iliya Bazlyankov (Private Sector) 
    Bulgaria – CIO, UNICART

 

 

 

 

The following former IGF host countries are also invited to attend and contribute to MAG meetings:

• Greece

• Brazil - designated Mr. Jandyr Santos Jr (Counsellor, Head of the Information Society Division,  Department of Scientific and Technological Themes, Ministry of External Relations) as representative.

• India - designated Mr. Rahul Gosain (Department of Electronics & Information Technology, Government of India) as representative.

• Egypt - designated Ms. Christine Arida (Director of Telecom Services and Planning Division, National Telecom Regulatory Authority) as representative.

• Lithuania

• Kenya - designated Mr. Dennis  Chebitwey, Director of Public Communications, Ministry of Information, Communications and Technology of Kenya as representative.

• Azerbaijan - designated Mr. Nariman Hajiyev Manager of Project "Modernization of sustainability and efficiency of the ICT infrastructure and services in the Republic of Azerbaijan" , Ministry of Communication and Information Technologies as representative.

• Indonesia - designated Mr. Moedjiono, Sardjoeni (National ICT Council Executive Team Member) as representative.

• Turkey - designated Mr. Ihsan Durdu, Advisor to the Minister, Ministry of Transport and Communications, as representative.