Speakers 2025

Representative –

Mitsubishi Electric

Representative –

HPE Aruba South Africa

Duncan Abel

Head of Commercial

Envusa Energy

Mark Acton

Head of Technical Due Diligence

Future-tech

Charles Awuzie

CEO of Africas 1st Generative AI Platform

Gemspok Group

Gerrit Barnard

Director, EMEA

C&D Technologies

Russell Bartley

Director

Mavin Powercube

Neil Beulecke

Founder

Layer7 Networking

Craig Blankers

Acting Sector Lead

WSP Group Africa (Pty) Ltd

Steve Burke

Executive

iqbusiness

Michael Byrne

Head of Data Centre Design & Engineering EMEA

Eaton

Paul-Francois Cattier

Managing Director

Africa Data Centres Association (ADCA)

Lehlogonolo Calvin Chepape

BMS Technical Supervisor

Standard Bank

Leandra Chinniah

Partner Marketing Lead

Google

Lars Christer Johannisson

CEO

Rack Centre

Will Clarke

International Head of Site Selection and Development

Future-Tech

Dr Ayotunde Coker

Board Member, Africa Data Centres Association (ADCA) & CEO

Open Access Data Centres (OADC)

Craig Dass

Regional Sales Manager

Palo Alto Networks

Riaan de Leeuw

Country Director: Africa

Sudlows

Sandile Dube

MD South Africa

Equinix

Georges Dubien

Sales & Marketing Director, MEA

Exagate

Jonathan Duncan

Managing Director

XCEED

Stephane Duproz

Data Centre Consultant

Emily Fox

Director of Software & Project Support

Global Commissioning

Nils Gerstle

Managing Director

Collaboretix

Nicolas Hamel

Business Developer West, Central, East & Southern Africa

Codra

Barry Hatfield

Director

Wayfinder Strategy

Mandy Hattingh

Senior Associate

NSDV

Phil Heydon

Operations Director

Global Commissioning

Mike Jaanus

Associate Director

Global Commissioning

Hans Juergen Niethammer

Architect, Regional Solutions, Data Centre

CommScope

Mary Kariuki

Marketing

Africa Data Centres Association (ADCA)

Barry Kok

Principal Architect & Founder

B2 Architects

Bernard Lecanu

Managing Director

BL International Consultant

Jesse Machill

Sales Director

ONE80

Wabo Majavu

Founder

WiTechnologies

Jonathan Malpass

Vice President Growth and Development

Sudlows Consulting, A Kent Company

Clément Martineau

Co-founder and CTO

IXAfrica

Marc Matthews

Director of Engineering

Open Access Data Centres (OADC)

Mike Meyer

CEO

Portman Partners

Juha Miettinen

Expert

Digital Investment Facility (DIF)

Venessa Moffat

Consultant

Ruveshan Moodliyar

Investment Executive

3Fins Capital

Methembeni Moyo

Head of Africa Practice - Senior Construction and Mining Law

NSDV

Sipho Mtombeni

Government Affairs and Public Policy Manager

Google

Timilehin Seyi Ogunsakin

Healthcare Innovator, Researcher & Educator, CEO & Founder

MedxLearn Ltd

Eben Owen

Senior Director - Anglophone Africa

Uptime Institute

Daniele Paci

Scientific Officer

European Commision

Menno Parsons

Managing Director

Master Power Technologies

Rohan Patil

Director- Data Center Business, Sub-Saharan Africa

Huawei

Lee Perrin

Data Centre Business Lead MEA

CBRE

Lanc Pieterse

Managing Director

Bergvik Group

Ben Roberts

Co-Founder

Lipagas

Scott Roots

Sales Director EMEA

DC Byte

Sabelo Siyakatshana

Director, Telecoms, Digital & Technology Finance

Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation – SMBC Group

Conrad Smit

Enterprise Cyber Security Manager

Southern Sun

Ryan Smith

Group Infrastructure Manager

Southern Sun

Umberto Sordino

Managing Director

EAE Italia

Paul Spagnoletti

Chief Revenue Officer (CRO)

Synthesis

Alex St. John

VP of International Sales

Starline Holdings, LLC, a company of Legrand, North America

Johan Steyn

Independent Consultant

Kevin Subramani

Director - Mission Critical Facilities

Haskoning

Jaroslav Svorc

Regional Director - Africa

Altron Modular

Johan Terblanche

Independent Consultant

William Theron

CEO

Deep Atomic

Edwin Thompson

Director of Engineering

PAIX Data Centres

Edwin Thompson

Director of Engineering

PAIX

Christian Tshishiku

Senior Analyst

DC Byte

Nicky Verd

Digital Futurist

Shaun Versfeld

Associate Director for the MCF (Mission Critical Facilities)

Haskoning

Clinton Vieira

Regional Sales Manager Africa

CMP Products

Ville Wacklin

Expert

Digital Investment Facility (DIF)

Faith Waithaka

Chairperson

Africa Data Centres Association (ADCA)

Willem Weber

Data Centre Environmental Engineer

Master Power Technologies

Chris Wiggett

Director of Artificial Intelligence, Founder

DeltAI

Adv. Mtho Xulu

President

South African Chamber of Commerce