Roland Perry

Having embraced the online industry from the mid-80's, Roland helped develop the concept of UK Online, the first family oriented online service, which launched as the Internet reached the mass market in 1995. Roland joined the LINX as its first full time Regulation Officer in April 1999, previously being Director of User Equipment at the E-commerce company Transaction TV.

In February 2001 Roland was nominated as "Internet Hero" in the ISPCON/ISPA Awards, and was listed in Internet Magazine's UK Top-50 in both July 2001 and 2002. On behalf of LINX's members, Roland has participated in many regulatory initiatives, including the Home Secretary's Child Protection Task Force, (where he chairs the anti-SPAM Best Practice subgroup), and sat on the NICC Board and Telecoms Ombudsman Working Group. He led the UK Industry delegation to G8 Hi-tech Crime meetings, has served as a member of the Main Board and Funding Council of the Internet Watch Foundation, and Vice Chairman of the Internet Crime Forum.