GÉANT announces Lise Fuhr as next CEO

The GÉANT Association is delighted to announce Lise Fuhr as our next Chief Executive Officer, set to succeed current CEO Erik Huizer on 21 November 2024.

Lise has 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.

Lise commented, “Building on a career working with technology and innovation, I am truly looking forward to joining GÉANT and its diverse membership. The research and education community is moved by a strong sense of purpose, which I am eager to serve and support with the whole organisation. I am honoured to succeed Erik Huizer and grateful to the Board for entrusting me with this responsibility.”

This article was first published on 3 September by GÉANT.