RIPE NCC Executive Board Announces Axel Pawlik as Managing Director

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Dear Colleagues, 

As you are aware, Daniel Karrenberg has stepped down from his position
as General Manager of the RIPE NCC. Following his announcement the
RIPE NCC Executive board has employed a great deal of effort to find a
suitable replacement for this position.

The RIPE NCC Executive Board is happy to announce Axel Pawlik as the
new Managing Director of the RIPE NCC. Axel has been formally
introduced to the participants at the recent AGM'99 meeting held in
Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

The RIPE NCC welcomes Axel and wishes him all the success in his new
function. To help Axel get up to speed as quickly as possible, not
only will he be assisted by the Executive Board, but also by Daniel
and the staff.

To provide you with some background information about Axel, please
find below, the official news release announcing the appointment of
Axel Pawlik as Managing Director of the RIPE NCC.

Kind Regards, 

Paul Rendek
Communications Officer

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RIPE NCC Executive Board Announces Axel Pawlik as 
Managing Director


Amsterdam, The Netherlands -- 19 October 1999 -- The RIPE NCC (Reseaux
IP Europeens Network Co-ordination Centre) Executive Board today
announced the appointment of Axel Pawlik as Managing Director of the
RIPE NCC Association, effective 16 October 1999. Mr. Pawlik succeeds
Daniel Karrenberg who served as General Manager since the
establishment of the organisation in 1992.

Employed at the University of Dortmund in Germany from 1985 to 1992,
Axel Pawlik contributed to the establishment of UNIX networking as a
publicly available service in Germany through the University of
Dortmund. This institution introduced Internet access services to the
business community and general public. During the period 1987-1991,
Mr. Pawlik also served as a member of the board of the German Unix
Users Group (GUUG).

Understanding the demand for a commercial operation to provide
Internet services, Mr. Pawlik founded EUnet Deutschland GmbH in 1992
and commercialised the operation. Under his leadership EUnet
Deutschland GmbH became the market leader in Germany and one of the
strongest EUnet networks in Europe.

Mr. Pawlik was actively involved in the international operations of
EUnet and the Internet community and held a series of executive
positions within EUnet, initially as a member and eventually
Vice-Chairman of the EUnet Executive Committee from 1988-1991. In his
position as Vice-Chairman he lead the

establishment of EUnet Ireland Ltd, which aimed to consolidate the
host of national EUnet networks throughout Europe. Here he served as
EUnet Ltd.  Chairman of the Board from 1994 to 1995.

Mr. Pawlik graduated from the University of Dortmund in 1983 with a
Masters Degree in Computer Science. Since 1997 he lived with his
family in North-west Ireland enjoying the clean air and rural
lifestyle.


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