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Hans Petter Holen

Hans Petter Holen is the Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of the RIPE NCC.

As the Regional Internet Registry for Europe, Middle East and Central Asia, the RIPE NCC serve over 20,000 members in 76 countries. We register IP addresses and ASNs, and act as the secretariat to the RIPE community.

Before taking on this role in May 2020, he served as the RIPE Chair from 2014 and has been part of the RIPE community for over 25 years. He also serves as the secretary of the Number Resource Organisation (NRO) Executive Council.