Brussels January 23 2008 - EURid is pleased to announce that Giovanni Seppia has been appointed to the newly created position of External Relations Manager. His area of responsibility has been expanded to include registrar relations, which includes the helpdesk function. Bob Walraet, who previously oversaw registrar support, will now focus on internal processes and quality management in the newly created position of Process Compliance Manager.

Mr Seppia joined EURid in May 2007 to oversee international relations. He previously worked at ICANN as European Regional Liaison. Prior to that he was the General Manager at CENTR. He has also served as Head of External Relations of the Italian Registry (ITT CNR) and has three years of experience at the European Commission in various roles. Mr Walraet has a long-ranging IT experience from a variety of companies, including Philips, Siemens, PriceWaterhouseCoopers and Banksys.