Paul-Francois Cattier

Managing Director

Africa Data Centres Association (ADCA)

Biography

Paul-Francois Cattier is currently Managing Director at Africa Data Centres Association which he founded in 2018, and President of African Aquarelle specialized in Distributed Infrastructures in Africa.

Prior to this from 2015 to 2019 he was Schneider Electric President of French speaking Africa & all Ocean Islands covering more than 60 Countries, allowing him to develop Data Center strategy in Africa as well as Distributed Energy Infrastructures, for Villages, Cities and C&I segment in Africa.

From 2010 to 2015, Paul-François was Global Senior Vice President Data Center Market for Schneider Electric, establishing the Global Leadership of Schneider Electric in the Data Center Physical Infrastructure Market, transitioning the Data Center strategic focus on Bank and Telecom, to Co-Locations and GAFA.

Paul-François is also Founding Member of Club Abidjan Ville Durable (Abidjan smart City club), Board Member of EPF French Engineer School and Judge at Data Cloud for Global Data Center awards.