Chris Disspain

Chris Disspain is an australian corporate lawyer and executive who primarily works in the technology sector.

In 1995 he co-authored the self help book Create Your Fuller Life Map, which focused proposed ways to create and execute more effective goals.

He was the first Chair of ICANN's country-code top-level domain organization (ccNSO) in 2004 and worked in that role until 2011 . He also worked on developing the policies enabling the first use of non-Latin scripts in top-level domains. he was later a Director of ICANN (Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers) for 9 years (2011-2020), working for a time as its Vice-Chair.

In 2005, he created The auDA Foundation, a charity to increase internet use and literacy in the Australian community. He was the Foundation chair from 2005 to 2016.

From 2006 to 2013, Disspain was a member of the United Nations Secretary-General's Internet Governance Multi-Stakeholder Advisory Group .

From 2013 to 2016 he was a director of the Internet Society of Australia.