Your full name: Kurt Erik Lindqvist Your email address: kurtis@linx.net Your organisation: London Internet Exchange Ltd (LINX) Your LIR RegID: uk.linx Name of the person you wish to nominate/support: Christian Kaufmann Nominee's email address: ckaufman@akamai.com Reason for nominating the candidate: Christian has been an active and valued contributor to the RIPE community for many years and have contributed greatly to the RIPE NCC Executive board in the years he has served first as member and in the past years as Chair. Christian has a unique experience of the community and a well established and demonstrated business understanding. These competencies are crucial for overseeing the transition the NCC as well as the space the RIRs operate in, are currently seeing. I therefor would like to nominate Christian to the RIPE NCC board.