Speaker Bio

Fahd Batayneh joined ICANN in October 2013, and currently occupies the position of Stakeholder Engagement Manager for the Middle East. Prior to ICANN, he held several positions within Jordan's National IT Center (NITC) last of which was managing both the ccTLD and IDN ccTLD of Jordan.

Fahd has attended ICANN meetings on regular basis since 2008, and was active in several working groups. Other than his day job with the government of Jordan, Fahd has provided many consultancies related to Internet Governance, New gTLDs, and Internet Policies. He holds a B.Sc. in Computer Engineering with honors, and an MBA. He is married, and has three kids. Fahd is based in Amman, Jordan.