Nigel Roberts

Nigel Roberts
Nigel Roberts FBCS
Born	Liverpool, UK
Website
http://about.me/nigel.roberts

Nigel Roberts FBCS is a British computer scientist and former politician from the Channel Islands. Nigel Roberts is a Chartered Fellow of the British Computer Society.^[1] In 1996 he founded the Island Networks group of companies — including CHANNELISLES.NET, the registry operator of the .GG and .JE top level domains for Guernsey and Jersey.

Elected in 2013, he is currently one of the three European councillors on ICANN's ccNSO Council,^[2] one of the two successor bodies to the the DNSO Names Council. He is eligible for re-election in March 2017.^[3] He was one of the first members of the Names Council representing the ccTLD constituency.^[4] He has been part of ICANN since its foundation and took part in the US Government's International Forum on the White Paper (IFWP) which preceded it.

Educated at Wigan and Prescot Grammar Schools, his first degree is in Computer Science from Essex University. Whilst at Essex, he was one of the group of undergraduates who conceived and developed the world's first multi-user computer game (MUD).^[5] In June 2008 he obtained a First in Law from the OU and the College of Law (now known as the University of Law). In 2005 Nigel Roberts became the first person to obtain compensation in the English Courts from a sender of unsolicited commercial email.^[6][7][8]

Nigel Roberts previously worked at Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC), where (among other projects) he worked on the pioneering ALL-IN-1 email and office automation system. He is a Chartered Engineer, a European Engineer, and a Chartered IT Professional.

He is a volunteer radio presenter with community local radio station QUAY-FM. Nigel Roberts ran for the UK Parliament in the 1997 General Election^[9] and served as an elected member of the Alderney Parliament (the States of Alderney) between 2002-2003.

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