Our board
Mark Wood
Chair
Mark became Chair of Nominet in April 2017. He holds the same role at educational content business Knowledge Motion, as well as serving as an advisor to Ascension Ventures, and sits on PwC’s Advisory Board and the Board of Citywire.
Mark studied languages and holds a diploma in education from Oxford University. He began his career in journalism as a foreign correspondent for Reuters, before becoming the company’s Editor-in-Chief. Other roles included Chair & CEO of ITN, Chief Executive of Future PLC, and Chair of the Museums, Libraries and Archives Council.
Mark is Chair of the Nominations Committee, Member of the Remuneration Committee, and Interim Chair of the Investment Committee.
Russell Haworth
Chief Executive Officer
Russell joined Nominet as CEO in January 2015. He leads the organisation in a time of diversification, developing the core registry business while exploring the potential of new technologies and delivering on a commitment to harness technology for good.
He has extensive experience in the digital information, content and software services sectors and has held senior roles across four continents, covering both established and emerging markets. He holds an MBA from the Kellogg School of Management and is a chartered member of the Institute of Marketing.
Russell is a Member of the Nominations Committee.
Eleanor Bradley
Chief Operating Officer
Eleanor joined the Board as an executive director in December 2012. She has worked for Nominet since 1997 and leads the teams responsible for service delivery, policy, corporate services and commercial activity related to the registry business. She also heads up Nominet’s business continuity and risk management work. She has over 20 years’ experience in the internet industry with a focus on customer service, continuous improvement and stakeholder engagement.
Eleanor is a Member of the Investment Committee.
Simon McCalla
Chief Technology Officer
Simon joined the Board as an executive director in November 2012. He has worked for Nominet since 2012 and leads the team responsible for the technology behind the registry services, exploring the potential of internal expertise with the Domain Name System. He provides technical leadership within the UK and international internet communities and regularly represents Nominet to technical, government and media audiences. Simon is a fellow of the British Computer Society and has over 25 years’ experience overseeing information technology for global enterprises.
Simon is a Member of the Nominations Committee.
Ben Hill
Chief Financial Officer
Ben joined the Board as an executive director in May 2018. He has worked for Nominet since 2015 and leads the commercial and accounting finance teams, taking responsibility for developing the business through projects, acquisitions and investments.
Ben has over 25 years’ experience leading and developing finance teams and in corporate finance transactions, primarily with PricewaterhouseCoopers and the Unipart Group. Ben read Biochemistry at Cambridge and is a qualified accountant with the ICAEW.
Ben is a Member of the Investment Committee.
Kelly Salter
Elected Non-executive Director
Kelly was elected to the Board in April 2017 and serves as a member of the Audit and Governance Committee. She has extensive experience of the Internet Community and is currently the Domain Development Manager of Namesco Limited as part of the Dada Group. She is an elected registrar representative on the IEDR (.ie) Policy Advisory Committee and represents the Dada Group at a global level within the ICANN community and Registry Relations.
Kelly is a Member of the Audit and Governance Committee.
Volker Greimann
Elected Non-executive Director
Volker was elected to the Board in April 2016 and serves a member on the Audit and Governance Committee and Nominations Committee. He works as the Chief Legal Officer and General Counsel at Key-Systems GmbH (a member of KeyDrive SA Group), an ICANN accredited registrar. He has extensive experience and knowledge of the internet industry and is involved with ICANN in the RrSG and the GNSO Council, where he served as Vice-Chair.
Volker studied Law and Japanese studies at the University of Trier and has lived in various countries besides his home of Germany, including Japan, the Netherlands, the USA and Canada.
Volker is a Member of the Audit and Governance Committee.
James Bladel
Elected Non-executive Director
James is the Vice President of Global Policy for GoDaddy, a Nominet Member and ICANN Registrar serving over 18 million customers globally. A veteran of the domain name industry, James has been active in ICANN, serving in the Registrar Stakeholder Group and GNSO Council, with two years as GNSO Chair.
James is an alumnus of the University of Iowa and holds an MBA from the University of Phoenix.
Jane Tozer MBE, OBE
Appointed Non-executive Director
Jane was appointed to the Board in August 2015 and serves as a member of all the Board committees. She is an experienced non-executive and her current portfolio includes StatPro plc, F&C Global Smallers plc, JPMorgan Income & Growth plc, Asthma UK, Three Rivers’ Citizen’s Advice Bureau and Warwick Business School Advisory Board.
Jane worked at IBM before becoming CEO of a software house. She has served as a director of a variety of quoted, private, and public sector businesses. She was awarded an MBE for services to the IT sector in 1991, and an OBE for services to the public service and voluntary sectors in 2009.
Jane is Chair of the Audit and Governance Committee, Member of the Nominations, Investment, and Code of Conduct Committees, and Interim Chair of the Remuneration Committee.
David Thornton
Elected Non-executive Director
David was elected to the Board in June 2015. He has been working in the internet industry since 2002, currently as Director of the domain name investment company Name Account Inc. David has a significant interest in domain name policy as well as brand identity. He is active in the domain name community and serves as a member of both the Nominations and Remuneration Committees.
David is a Member of the Nominations Committee and the Remuneration Committee.
Dr Stephen Page
Appointed Non-executive Director
Dr Stephen Page was appointed to the Board in November 2017 and serves a member of the Code of Conduct Committee and Audit and Governance Committee. He is highly experienced in both digital innovation and the cyber security sector.
Currently, his portfolio of non-executive director (NED) roles includes TSB Banking Group plc, The British Library and BSI Group. He was formerly a NED at the National Crime Agency and a Senior Advisor to PwC on cyber security. In his executive career as a business and technology strategist, he held various UK, European and global leadership positions in Accenture.
Stephen is a Member of the Audit and Governance, Nominations, and Code of Conduct Committees.
The Nominet Board is supported by a number of committees. View their terms of references, committee membership, and Board updates on our Board documents page.