ICANN has appointed Chris LaHatte as its new Ombudsman .Chris LaHatte was named ICANN's Ombudsman during a board meeting last Thursday.The appointment will run for at least two years .
Chris LaHatte wrote on ICANN's blog something of his qualifications :"I am an experienced mediator and lawyer and have practiced in New Zealand, Taiwan and Central Asia. I qualified as a lawyer from the University of Auckland and earned a Masters Degree in Dispute Resolution from Massey University, with judicial settlement conferences as my thesis. I am a Fellow of the Arbitrators and Mediators Institute of New Zealand, a mediator for the New Zealand Law Society on cost issues and a construction law adjudicator."
The role of the ICANN Ombudsman is to handle complaints about the organization.
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