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Modest pay rises for ICANN top brass

Kevin Murphy, October 30, 2023, 17:22:22 (UTC), Domain Policy

ICANN’s six top executives have been given pay raises up to 3.5%, according to resolutions passed at ICANN 78 last week.

The increases are a little ahead of US inflation but a little below the market rate if these officers were to work elsewhere, according to the resolutions.

Interestingly, interim CEO Sally Costerton is named in a pay-rise resolution for the first time, perhaps indicating she’s no longer being paid through the UK-based consulting company she owns, which has allowed ICANN to hide her compensation in its annual tax filings.

The resolution raises her “salary” by up to 3.5% for her role as senior advisor to president and SVP, Global Stakeholder Engagement, but does not mention the fact that she’s also acting CEO.

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Comments (1)

  1. Owen says:

    While it’s good to see that ICANN is doing pay raises to align with inflation, I sure do hope the 99% of ICANN staff that are not executives also do receive similar increases. Those staff work really hard, and their compensation is already much lower than the execs.

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