Adrian Farrel is a British engineer and author, specialising in developing computer network protocols for the Internet.
[6] He was previously a Routing Area Director in the IETF,[7][8] and was sponsored for this activity by Juniper Networks.
[17] He co-edited a special edition of the IEEE Communications Magazine[18] on GMPLS and is the author of a number of books.
[19] From 2008 to 2011 Adrian served as a Trustee and member of the Standing Board of the Llangollen International Eisteddfod[20] Farrel was on the Technical Program Committee for the 15th Annual Conference MPLS in 2012 and again in 2014[21] as one of two Routing Area Directors in the Internet Engineering Task Force.
[23] On 14 December 2016 he was appointed Chair of the Board of Governors, a position he held until the party was disbanded at the end of 2020.