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In January 2007 she joined [[Post Office Limited]] as network director,<ref name="Faith">{{cite web |last=Higginson |first=Richard |title=Paula Vennells: a profile |url=https://www.faith-in-business.org/2016/09/paula-vennells-profile/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171011095144/https://www.faith-in-business.org/2016/09/paula-vennells-profile/ |archive-date=11 October 2017 |website=Faith in Business |access-date=15 January 2019}}</ref> responsable for around 15,000 post offices.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Shah |first=Oliver |date=2024-09-21 |title=The strange rise of Paula Vennells: ‘She just wasn’t very good’ |url=https://www.thetimes.com/uk/society/article/paula-vennells-career-post-office-inquiry-horizon-it-w62qsq8kr |access-date=2024-12-21 |website=www.thetimes.com |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":2">{{Cite web |last=Vennels |first=Paula Anne |date=8 May 2024|title=First Witness Statement of Paula Anne Vennells |url=https://www.postofficehorizoninquiry.org.uk/sites/default/files/2024-05/WITN01020100.pdf |access-date=21 December 2024|website=postofficehorizoninquiry.org.uk}}</ref>{{Rp|page=5|quote=I started at POL in January 2007 as Network Director. [...] I was responsible for approximately
{{Infobox company
15,000 Post Offices in Crown and Agency branch networks.}} In late 2009, she took on the role of network and sales director, a similar role but with additional responsibilities for the national sales department.<ref name=":2" />{{Rp|page=5|quote=I moved into the
| name = Charleston Road Registry Inc.
role of Network and Sales Director in late 2009. I continued with the same
| trading_name = Google Registry
responsibilities as I had in my role as Network Director, but with additional
| type = [[Subsidiary]]
responsibility for the national sales department, [...].}} She became [[Chief Operating Officer]] on 1 April 2010 before moving on to become managing director on 18 October 2010.<ref name=":2" />{{Rp|page=5|quote=I was promoted to Chief Operating Officer on 1 April 2010 and stayed in that
| founded = February 8, 2012
role for six months, before becoming MD on 18 October 2010.}}
| parent = [[Google LLC]]
| website = {{URL|https://registry.google}}
}}{{Use mdy dates|date=May 2024}}{{Use American English|date=May 2024}}


On 1 April 2012, she became the company's chief executive officer (CEO),<ref name="leadership">{{cite web |title=Our leadership |url=http://corporate.postoffice.co.uk/our-leadership |website=Post Office |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190321221217/http://corporate.postoffice.co.uk:80/our-leadership?qt-po_leadership_tabs=1 |archive-date=21 March 2019}}</ref> at the same time as it was split from [[Royal Mail Group]] to become a separate government-owned company.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Mackie |first1=Lindsey |last2=Glasman |first2=Maurice |date=30 March 2012 |title=This cynical Royal Mail and Post Office divorce will bring only misery |url=https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2012/mar/30/royal-mail-post-office-unhappy-divorce |access-date=19 June 2024 |work=[[The Guardian]] |publisher=[[Guardian Media Group|GMG]] |location=London |issn=0261-3077 |oclc=60623878}}</ref> In 2017, her title became [[Group CEO]], as Post Office Limited expanded.<ref name=":2" />{{Rp|page=6|quote=In 2017, my title changed to Group CEO, after POL acquired and built more
'''Charleston Road Registry Inc.'''<ref name="OpenCorporates">{{Cite web |title=Charleston Road Registry Inc. :: Delaware (US) :: OpenCorporates |url=https://opencorporates.com/companies/us_de/5107354 |access-date=2024-05-01 |website=[[OpenCorporates]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Hale |first=Craig |date=2023-11-01 |title=Google is now offering .ing domains, so let the puns begin |url=https://www.techradar.com/pro/google-is-now-offering-ing-domains-so-let-the-puns-begin |access-date=2024-05-01 |website=[[TechRadar]] |language=en}}</ref> ('''CRR'''<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=FAQs |url=https://www.registry.google/faqs/ |access-date=2024-05-01 |website=Google Registry |language=en}}</ref>), [[doing business as]] '''Google Registry''',<ref>{{Cite web |title=Google_Registry_Confusion_Avoidance_Plan.pdf |url=https://www.icann.org/uploads/two_char_mitigation/attachment/335/Google_Registry_Confusion_Avoidance_Plan.pdf |access-date=2024-05-01 |website=[[ICANN]]}}</ref> is a wholly owned [[subsidiary]] of [[Google LLC]]. It is the [[domain name registry]] that Google uses to handle the [[Top-level domain|top-level domains]] (TLDs) that they own.
businesses.}}<ref>{{Cite web |last=Ministry of Defence |author-link=Ministry of Defence (United Kingdom) |last2=Ellwood |first2=Tobias |author-link2=Tobias Ellwood |last3=Williamson |first3=Gavin |author-link3=Gavin Williamson |date=2018-11-07 |title=Post Office and MOD agree new partnership on veterans employment |url=https://www.gov.uk/government/news/post-office-and-mod-agree-new-partnership-on-veterans-employment |access-date=2024-12-21 |website=Gov.uk |language=en}}</ref>

== History ==
The company was founded on February 8, 2012.<ref name="OpenCorporates" /> The company was founded due to requirements by The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers ([[ICANN]]), stating that domain name registries and [[Domain name registrar|domain name registrars]] must be separate legal entities.<ref name=":0" /> {{As of|2024|April|post=,}} CRR owns 46 TLDs.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Root Zone Database |url=https://www.iana.org/domains/root/db |access-date=2024-05-01 |website=[[IANA]]}}</ref> They are {{Code|.ads}},<ref>{{Cite web |title=.ads Domain Delegation Data |url=https://www.iana.org/domains/root/db/ads.html |access-date=2024-05-01 |website=[[IANA]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=McCarthy |first=Kieren |title=Google turns on shiny new .google top-level domain – but WHY? |url=https://www.theregister.com/2014/11/26/google_turns_on_google_internet_extension/ |access-date=2024-05-01 |website=The Register |language=en}}</ref> {{Code|.android}},<ref>{{Cite web |title=.android Domain Delegation Data |url=https://www.iana.org/domains/root/db/android.html |access-date=2024-05-01 |website=[[IANA]]}}</ref> {{Code|.app}},<ref>{{Cite web |title=.app Domain Delegation Data |url=https://www.iana.org/domains/root/db/app.html |access-date=2024-05-01 |website=[[IANA]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-04-25 |title=5 .apps you should know about |url=https://blog.google/products/registry/5-apps-you-should-know-about/ |access-date=2024-05-01 |website=[[Google]] |language=en-us}}</ref> {{Code|.boo}},<ref>{{Cite web |title=.boo Domain Delegation Data |url=https://www.iana.org/domains/root/db/boo.html |access-date=2024-05-01 |website=[[IANA]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Roth |first=Emma |date=2023-11-28 |title=Google’s .meme domain is here to serve your wackiest websites |url=https://www.theverge.com/2023/11/28/23979595/google-registry-meme-domain-launch |access-date=2024-05-01 |website=[[The Verge]] |language=en}}</ref> {{Code|.cal}},<ref>{{Cite web |title=.cal Domain Delegation Data |url=https://www.iana.org/domains/root/db/cal.html |access-date=2024-05-01 |website=[[IANA]]}}</ref> {{Code|.channel}},<ref>{{Cite web |title=.channel Domain Delegation Data |url=https://www.iana.org/domains/root/db/channel.html |access-date=2024-05-01 |website=[[IANA]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=.channel Domain Registration Policy |url=https://www.registry.google/policies/registration/channel/ |access-date=2024-05-01 |website=Google Registry |language=en}}</ref> {{Code|.chrome}},<ref>{{Cite web |title=.chrome Domain Delegation Data |url=https://www.iana.org/domains/root/db/chrome.html |access-date=2024-05-01 |website=[[IANA]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=FAQs |url=https://www.registry.google/faqs/ |access-date=2024-05-01 |website=Google Registry |language=en}}</ref> {{Code|.dad}},<ref>{{Cite web |title=.dad Domain Delegation Data |url=https://www.iana.org/domains/root/db/dad.html |access-date=2024-05-01 |website=[[IANA]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Rogers |first=Reece |title=You Can Now Claim a .Dad Domain for Your Site. Cue the Dad Jokes |url=https://www.wired.com/story/google-new-domains-dad-jokes/ |access-date=2024-05-01 |work=[[Wired (magazine)|Wired]] |language=en-US |issn=1059-1028}}</ref> {{Code|.day}},<ref>{{Cite web |title=.day Domain Delegation Data |url=https://www.iana.org/domains/root/db/day.html |access-date=2024-05-01 |website=[[IANA]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Reichert |first=Corinne |date=2022-01-25 |title=Google launches .day domains to bring attention to special days |url=https://www.cnet.com/tech/services-and-software/google-launches-dot-day-domains-to-bring-attention-to-special-days/ |access-date=2024-05-01 |website=[[CNET]] |language=en}}</ref> {{Code|.dclk}},<ref>{{Cite web |title=.dclk Domain Delegation Data |url=https://www.iana.org/domains/root/db/dclk.html |access-date=2024-05-01 |website=[[IANA]]}}</ref> {{Code|.dev}},<ref>{{Cite web |title=.dev Domain Delegation Data |url=https://www.iana.org/domains/root/db/dev.html |access-date=2024-05-01 |website=[[IANA]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Shankland |first=Stephen |date=2019-02-28 |title=If you're a developer, Google wants you to colonize its new .dev territory on the internet |url=https://www.cnet.com/tech/services-and-software/google-caters-to-coders-with-dev-internet-addresses/ |access-date=2024-05-01 |website=[[CNET]] |language=en}}</ref> {{Code|.docs}}, {{Code|.drive}}, {{Code|.eat}}, {{Code|.esq}}, {{Code|.fly}}, {{Code|.foo}}, {{Code|.gbiz}}, {{Code|.gle}}, {{Code|.gmail}}, {{Code|.goog}}, {{Code|.google}}, {{Code|.guge}}, {{Code|.hangout}}, {{Code|.here}}, {{Code|.how}}, {{Code|.ing}}, {{Code|.map}}, {{Code|.meet}}, {{Code|.meme}}, {{Code|.mov}}, {{Code|.new}}, {{Code|.nexus}}, {{Code|.page}}, {{Code|.phd}}, {{Code|.play}}, {{Code|.prod}}, {{Code|.prof}}, {{Code|.rsvp}}, {{Code|.search}}, {{Code|.soy}}, {{Code|.谷歌}}, {{Code|.みんな}}, {{Code|.グーグル}}, {{Code|.youtube}} and {{Code|.zip}}.

== References ==
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Latest revision as of 15:59, 21 December 2024

In January 2007 she joined Post Office Limited as network director,[1] responsable for around 15,000 post offices.[2][3]: 5  In late 2009, she took on the role of network and sales director, a similar role but with additional responsibilities for the national sales department.[3]: 5  She became Chief Operating Officer on 1 April 2010 before moving on to become managing director on 18 October 2010.[3]: 5 

On 1 April 2012, she became the company's chief executive officer (CEO),[4] at the same time as it was split from Royal Mail Group to become a separate government-owned company.[5] In 2017, her title became Group CEO, as Post Office Limited expanded.[3]: 6 [6]

  1. ^ Higginson, Richard. "Paula Vennells: a profile". Faith in Business. Archived from the original on 11 October 2017. Retrieved 15 January 2019.
  2. ^ Shah, Oliver (2024-09-21). "The strange rise of Paula Vennells: 'She just wasn't very good'". www.thetimes.com. Retrieved 2024-12-21.
  3. ^ a b c d Vennels, Paula Anne (8 May 2024). "First Witness Statement of Paula Anne Vennells" (PDF). postofficehorizoninquiry.org.uk. Retrieved 21 December 2024.
  4. ^ "Our leadership". Post Office. Archived from the original on 21 March 2019.
  5. ^ Mackie, Lindsey; Glasman, Maurice (30 March 2012). "This cynical Royal Mail and Post Office divorce will bring only misery". The Guardian. London: GMG. ISSN 0261-3077. OCLC 60623878. Retrieved 19 June 2024.
  6. ^ Ministry of Defence; Ellwood, Tobias; Williamson, Gavin (2018-11-07). "Post Office and MOD agree new partnership on veterans employment". Gov.uk. Retrieved 2024-12-21.
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