Charles Sha’ban is the Executive Director of Abu-Ghazaleh Intellectual Property (AGIP),

He is experienced in Intellectual Property Services and Internet policy development and implementation strategies, with extensive technical and management experience in ICT, rich exposure to Intellectual Property Rights (IPRs), generic and country code Domain Names, and (Multilingual) Internationalized Domain Name issues.

Shaban currently serves as the Co-Chair of the Middle East Global Council for the International Trademarks Association (INTA), and a member of the Committee Structure and Participation Presidential Task Force, he served on the board of Directors and the INTA Board planning committee from 2011-2013, he is the first Vice-Chair of the Arab Multistakeholder Advisory Group (AMAG) and served on the Multistakeholder Advisory Group (MAG) of the Global Internet Governance Forum (IGF) from 2006 till 2012. In 2004, he served on the Working Group on Internet Governance (WGIG) that was established by the UN Secretary General.

Shaban Co-authored the Thomson Compumark special report about brands in the Middle East: http://img.en25.com/Web/ThomsonReutersScience/1001619.pdf

During 2004 - 2007, he served on the ccNSO Council of ICANN. Currently, he is representing AGIP in ICANN Intellectual Property Constituency (IPC) and was selected to the IDNC committee to work on Internationalized Domain Names.

Sha’ban holds a Bachelor Degree in Computer Science from the University of Jordan and recently finished an Executive Course from Thunderbird School of Global Management: “Advanced Global Marketing Strategies” online through Talal Abu-Ghazaleh University (TAGIUNI).