Further to the announcement made on 3 December 2012, the Company announces the formal appointment of Michael Salazar to the Board of TLDH as chief financial officer.
Until June this year, Michael Salazar was the Program Director at ICANN for the new gTLD application process where he was responsible for implementing and managing the gTLD programme. Michael was responsible for developing a new department within ICANN to implement the gTLD programme and manage the execution of all the operational activities necessary for the gTLD programme to function successfully.
Prior to ICANN Michael worked at KPMG for 16 years. During his time at KPMG he was a partner in the Advisory Services Group, responsible for the overall quality and execution of internal audit and advisory engagements for a diverse group of clients across a number of industries including technology, media and entertainment, consumer products and manufacturing. He co-managed KPMG’s IT Advisory Services group within Los Angeles and Orange County. Prior to working in the Advisory Services Group Michael spent considerable time working in KPMG’s International Tax practice.
Directorships and/or partnerships held by Michael Norman Salazar, aged 46, in the last 5 years are as follows:
Current: Past:
None. KPMG 1
Michael Salazar currently holds no shares in the Company.
There is no further information on Michael Salazar required to be disclosed under Schedule Two, paragraph (g) (i)-(viii) of the AIM Rules for Companies.
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Top Level Domain Holdings Limited
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Antony Van Couvering
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Roland Cornish
Michael Cornish
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Singer Capital Markets (Broker)
Dominic Del Mar
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gth media relations
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About Top Level Domain Holdings Limited
Top Level Domain Holdings is a publicly-traded holding company listed on the London AIM market. The company is focused on the new top-level domain space. Top-level domains, such as .com, run by VeriSign (NASDAQ: VRSN), and .biz, run by NeuStar (NYSE: NSR), are regulated by ICANN. ICANN has announced plans to expand the number of top-level domains. TLDH intends to make targeted investments in this space, focusing on both infrastructure technologies and specific top-level domains.
About Minds + Machines
Minds + Machines is a registry services provider that works internationally with commercial organisations, cities, not-for-profits, and entrepreneurs to secure and operate new web domains, known as top-level domains (TLDs). Minds and Machines Limited is a wholly owned subsidiary of Top Level Domains Holdings Limited.