Our board
Rob Binns
Acting Chair
Rob is the Chief Financial Officer at The Access Group, joining in June 2019, and has extensive experience as a senior level finance leader in the software and technology industry.
Prior to Access, Rob was CFO at Finastra (formerly Misys) from February 2016, with full responsibility for the G&A organisations including Finance, Risk, IT, Legal and Procurement. Rob joined Finastra from HP Inc. where he held a variety of senior roles, including Group Treasurer, HP Inc. and Vice President and CFO, HP Software. Prior to this, Rob held both regional and group headquarters finance leadership roles in the software industry in the UK and Canada, including tenures at Documentum Software (now owned by EMC Corporation) and Mercury Interactive.
Rob is a Fellow of the Chartered Association of Certified Accountants. In 2014 and 2015, Rob was ranked by Institutional Investor as a top investor relations (IR) professional in the technology sector.
Rob is Chair of the Audit and Governance Committee, the Code of Conduct Committee and the Mergers and Acquisition Committee. Rob is a Member of the Nominations Committee, Investment Committee and Remuneration Committee.
Dr Stephen Page
Acting Senior Independent Director
Dr Stephen Page was appointed to the Board in November 2017 bringing experience in governance, strategy and risk. He has a particular focus on the boardroom issues of the digital age.
Currently, his portfolio of non-executive director (NED) roles includes BSI Group and The British Army; and he is a member of the independent audit committee of Thames Valley Police. 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. He was global head of IT/digital strategy and IT transformation and the Commercial Director of a $1.4bn business unit.
Stephen is Chair of the Nominations Committee and Investment Committee. Stephen is a Member of the Audit and Governance Committee, Code of Conduct Committee and Mergers & Acquisition Committee.
Phil Buckingham
Elected Non-Executive Director
Phil was elected to the Board in September 2020. He is a trained accountant and was co-founder and CFO for specialist domain name registration company NetNames, and was instrumental in its IPO on the AIM in 2000. He has worked as a financial evaluator and advisor in the domain name industry, and consulted on Top Level Domain (TLD) registries in ICANN’s 2012 round. Phil has a long-standing involvement with ICANN, and currently serves on the Subsequent Procedures working group for the next application round. He also advises ed tech and fin tech start-ups.
Phil is a Member of the Investment Committee and Mergers and Acquisition Committee.
Anne Taylor
Elected Non-Executive Director
Anne was elected to the Board in July 2019. She has been a Director of See Green Media and See Green Systems since 2016, and joins with non-executive experience of membership organisations, as school governor and a parish councillor. With a background in journalism and public relations, Anne has over a decade of experience within the technology sector.
Anne is a Member of the Nominations Committee and the Remuneration 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.
James is Chair of the Remuneration Committee and is a Member of the Investment 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.
David is a Member of the Audit and Governance Committee and the Remuneration Committee.
Rory Kelly
Executive Director
Rory joined the Board as an executive director in March 2021. He is Company Secretary and has worked for Nominet since 2012.
Rory is a Member of the Nominations Committee.
Adam Leach
Executive Director
Adam joined the Board as an executive director in March 2021. He is the Chief Information Officer (CIO) and has worked for Nominet since 2013.
Adam is a Member of the Investment Committee.
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.