Afnic, the French domain name registrar for dot .FR domains, has a new President, Mr. Godefroy Beauvallet.

According to the announcement by Afnic:

Godefroy Beauvallet succeeds Emmanuel Sartorius, who has been Chairman since 2013. In this role, Mr. Beauvallet will strive to promote Afnic and guide its action in the service of a secure and stable Internet, open to innovation and where the French internet community plays a leading role.

With his experience in the senior civil service and its digital expertise, he will lead the Association with the Board of Directors and relying on the action of Pierre Bonis, CEO of Afnic since 2017.

Mr. Beauvallet said in a statement:

“Afnic is a unique organization in the French digital landscape. It is at once part of the social and solidarity economy, as its status requires and its foundation demonstrates; it bears a major public responsibility, through its delegation of public service on .fr; and is a player in digital transformation and innovation, through its affiliation with INRIA and its links with digital research players, its commercial activities around the DNS and its proximity to SMEs in the region. digital ecosystem. With the Board of Directors and the General Manager, I look forward to continuing this great adventure and contributing enthusiastically. “

Original news in French.