Summary

  • ICANN's 22 October Board slate appoints Catherine Adeya chair of the Risk Committee and Greg DiBiase chair of Audit. Adeya chaired Audit in the 2025 slate; former Risk chair Wes Hardaker remains a Risk member.
  • The Risk Committee's May minutes describe sequencing work on risk taxonomy, tolerance levels, the risk register and an internal-audit plan. The Board revised the committee charter in July to reflect its oversight practice.

The chairs moved; the paperwork had a head start. ICANN's new Board slate puts Catherine Adeya in charge of Risk and Greg DiBiase in charge of Audit. In last year's slate, Adeya held the Audit gavel and Wes Hardaker chaired Risk. Hardaker keeps a Risk Committee seat this year. That is a real handover with institutional memory still in the room.

The folder waiting for Adeya is specific. Risk Committee minutes from May say updated risk categories and tolerance worksheets required a new sequence for the risk-register review, risk-appetite work and calibration. Staff described the refreshed register as the starting point for the internal-audit universe and a risk-based audit plan. The committee discussed schedule adjustments and avoiding further delay. This is more than a ceremonial change of nameplate: the chair will steer discussion across linked pieces of unfinished governance work.

The Board adopted a revised Risk Committee charter in July to match current oversight practice. Adeya's move from Audit to Risk now sits across the seam that May's minutes drew between the risk register and the audit plan. The useful next record is a committee account showing how the taxonomy, tolerance and audit sequence progresses under its new chair. ICANN has named who holds the gavel. The workplan gives that appointment a measurable plot.