Brussels, 7 October 2008 - EURid is pleased to announce that Danny Aerts has been appointed as a member of EURid's board of directors. He is the Managing Director of the Swedish Internet Infrastructure Foundation (IIS), the registry for the .se top-level domain.

A native of the Netherlands, Mr Aerts moved to Sweden in the mid 1990s. In 2006 he left his position as CEO at Swedish web portal Spray to join IIS. Mr Aerts has also been employed at several telecom companies, including Unisource Mobile, Telia and PTT Telecom. He graduated cum laude from Utrecht University, where he studied economic geography.

Mr Aerts replaces Östen Frånberg, who stepped down from his duties with the EURid board of directors in August.