New GÉANT CEO Lise Fuhr officially takes up her new role today, following the November General Assembly (GA) meeting, succeeding Erik Huizer who held the role from July 2017.
“I’m truly excited to start my new role at GÉANT at a time of opportunity for our diverse membership. Our community delivers highly valued services to the research and education communities, and the GÉANT community itself is stronger than ever. I’m proud to succeed Erik, who has done so much to bring us to this strong position and thank the GÉANT Board and the whole organisation for their trust in me. We will keep striving to serve and support our membership and its collective role in a changing Europe.”
On behalf of the GÉANT community, welcome, Lise!
About Lise
Lise previously served as Director General of ETNO, the Brussels-based association representing Europe’s leading telecom operators, for nine years. She is Chair of the Danish Cyber security organisation “Security Tech Space”, and in August 2022 Lise was nominated as a member of the United Nations Internet Governance Forum Leadership Panel, serving a three-year term. Between 2017 and 2024, Lise was a Board member of European Cyber Security Organisation (ECSO). From 2016-2022 she served as Chairwoman of the Boards of Public Interest Registry (.org domain name registry) and the Public Technical Identifiers (PTI), formerly IANA, and affiliate of ICANN.
From 2009 to 2016, Lise was Chief Operating Officer of DK Hostmaster and DIFO, the company managing .dk domain names. From September 2014 to October 2016, Lise also chaired the Cross Community Working Group for the IANA Stewardship Transition, building on her strong network within the internet community. Lise has over 20 years of experience within the internet, technology, and telecoms industries and is a lifelong member of ATV – the Danish Academy of Technical Sciences – an independent think tank.
