Karla Skarda

Karla was appointed as Services Director for APNIC in 2021, the Regional Internet Registry that serves the Asia Pacific region, and is a member of the APNIC Executive Team. She is responsible for the strategic management of the services delivered to APNIC stakeholders, and the oversight of all services and service related communications and activities across the organisation. Remit includes overall development and operations of APNIC core services such as resource allocation/assignments, membership and helpdesk, and other service delivery.

Karla previously served in various IT consulting and later Operations Management roles in South Africa, the US and Singapore before relocating to Australia in 2011. Karla holds an MBA from the Australian Graduate School of Management, University of New South Whales