After axing its Australian office under new CEO and chair Fadi Chehadé in the leadup to christmas, ICANN is set to open two new offices in Singapore and Istanbul to serve the Asia-Pacific, and Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) markets, according to a ZDNet report. 

"Asia has not been well-embraced by ICANN in the past. We owe Asia a big apology," Chehadé told ZDNet prior to his visit to Singapore, part of a visit to to China, South Korea and Japan which aims to share how ICANN planned to grow its Asian presence.

While there are still some formalities to be finalised, Chehadé told ZDNet Singapore was chosen as its top choice after a review of the country's legal, business and cultural environments.

Adding Singapore and Istanbul are part of ICANN's "plans to reshape the organisation to be more global and inclusive. Ahead of ICANN's 46th annual meeting to be held in Beijing, China, in April, Chehade hopes the details will be ironed out and the hubs up and running no later than July 2013."

"This is not an office, this will be an actual hub and part of the core fabric of how we run ICANN," Chehadé elaborated, adding the hubs would handle the same operations as that of its current Los Angeles, U.S., headquarters. "In Singapore we may be supporting Asia, but at different times of the day we may be supporting Europe."

Chehadé also told ZDNet there would be offices or satellite-engagement areas built around the hub--for the region, this would include Beijing and Tokyo. These offices would help facilitate engagement activities with stakeholders, development, training, and collecting feedback from the community.

According to the report, Chehadé has pledged to move to Singapore once the hub is up and will ask some fellow senior executives to follow suit.

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