| Kuek Yu-Chuang |
The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) has finally named Kuek Yu-Chuang, the Vice President for Global Stakeholder Engagement for the Asia Region.
Disclosing this to DigitalSENSE Business News, the Director, Global Media at ICANN, Mr. Brad White, said Yu-Chuang will assume the role on August 1, 2013 and Kuek Yu-Chuang, has proved himself a leading executive in technology policy development.
Kuek, he said, has served most recently as a Senior Director for Yahoo! Inc., where he led the company’s public policy efforts in the Asia Pacific and Latin American regions.
Prior to joining Yahoo!, Kuek served as a Management Associate for the Singapore Government. In that capacity, he engaged in intellectual property policy development for Singapore’s Ministry of Law.
He quoted the Senior Advisor to the President for Global Stakeholder Engagement, Mr. Sally Costerton, as saying the recent meeting in Beijing, that the largest in the history, clearly demonstrated the importance of Asia in the plans to further internationalize this organization.
“So we are pleased to have someone with Kuek’s regional understanding and public policy experience to head up the development and implementation of our strategic plan for Asia,” he said.
DigitalSENSE Business News recalls that ICANN recently announced it’s opening major hub offices in Singapore and Istanbul. Just as Kuek will also serve as the Managing Director for ICANN’s planned Asia Pacific hub based in Singapore.
During the organization’s April meeting in Beijing, ICANN President Fadi Chehadé revealed that ICANN is opening an engagement center in the Chinese capitol.
“This is an organization that understands how important Asia is to the growth and vibrancy of the Internet,” said Kuek. “I’m looking forward to increasing the presence and awareness of ICANN across the Asian region since the Internet will undoubtedly help define the future here and around the globe.”
Kuek also has diplomatic experience, which Costerton said will be very valuable as ICANN’s lead figure in the region. Kuek worked for Singapore’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and served in Singapore’s Washington, D.C. Embassy where he helped plan and implement outreach to the U.S. Congress and the White House.
Kuek studied International Politics at China’s Peking University where he obtained a Bachelor of Arts. He later obtained a Master of Arts from Harvard University in the U.S.
Remmy Nweke/DigitalSENSE Business News
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