Candidate Biographies

Background

Danko Jevtović is an Internet infrastructure professional and governance leader whose career spans ISP operations, membership association governance, and international board leadership. He entered the Internet industry in the 1990s as cofounder of a pioneering Serbian ISP where he headed technical and network infrastructure.

He currently serves as a Non-Executive Director of RNIDS (Serbian National Internet Domain Registry Foundation), where he champions community-developed policies and public interest alignment. During an earlier tenure as CEO (2013–2017), he directed the registry’s technical modernisation and founded RSNOG, the Serbian Network Operators’ Group, building a national community of practice for network engineering and routing operations. His comprehensive registry experience includes managing complex technical transitions, ensuring critical infrastructure stability, and fostering bottom-up policy development.

Danko’s international governance credentials include serving on the ICANN Board (2018–2024), including two years as the peerelected Vice-Chair. He served as the Chair of the Board Finance Committee, and on the Executive, Governance, Compensation, Audit, and Strategic Planning committees. This gave him extensive experience in the global Internet coordination ecosystem, including the RIR system and ASO/NRO structures. Previously, as Treasurer of CENTR (Association of European Country-Code Registries, 2016–2021), he ensured financial compliance and transparent reporting for a 50+ member European association.

He is a PhD candidate in Economics and holds an MBA from IEDC Bled School of Management, Slovenia. His directorship certifications include INSEAD (European IDP), National Association of Corporate Directors (USA), Harvard Business School, and Carnegie Mellon (Cybersecurity Oversight). Based in Belgrade, Serbia, he brings a perspective from South-Eastern Europe to international Internet governance, with deep expertise in membership association models, multi-stakeholder coordination, and community-driven policy frameworks.