Speakers 2025

Representative –

Mitsubishi Electric

Representative –

HPE Aruba South Africa

Duncan Abel

Head of Commercial

Envusa Energy

Mark Acton

Independent Data Centre Consultant

Neil Beulecke

Founder

Layer7 Networking

Steve Burke

Executive

iqbusiness

Paul-Francois Cattier

Managing Director

Africa Data Centres Association (ADCA)

Lars Christer Johannisson

CEO

Rack Centre

Craig Dass

Regional Sales Manager

Palo Alto Networks

Riaan de Leeuw

Zutari

Jonathan Duncan

Managing Director

XCEED

Stephane Duproz

Data Centre Consultant

Emily Fox

Director of Software & Project Support

Global Commissioning

Nicolas Hamel

Business Developer West, Central, East & Southern Africa

Codra

Barry Hatfield

Director

Wayfinder Strategy

Phil Heydon

Operations Director

Global Commissioning

Mike Jaanus

Associate Director

Global Commissioning

Mary Kariuki

Marketing Director for Digital Infrastructure

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)

Juha Miettinen

Expert

Digital Investment Facility (DIF)

Venessa Moffat

Managing Director

The DCA - Data Centre Alliance

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

Hans-Juergen Niethammer

Architect, Regional Solutions, Data Centre

CommScope

Timilehin Seyi Ogunsakin

Healthcare Innovator, Researcher & Educator, CEO & Founder

MedxLearn Ltd

Daniele Paci

Scientific Officer

European Commision

Menno Parsons

CEO and Founder

Master Power Technologies

Rohan Patil

Director- Data Center Business, Sub-Saharan Africa

Huawei

Lee Perrin

Board Member

Africa Data Centres Association

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

CTO

PAIX

Christian Tshishiku

Senior Analyst

DC Byte

Nicky Verd

Digital Futurist

Shaun Versfeld

Director of MCF (Mission Critical Facilities)

Atana

Clinton Vieira

Regional Sales Manager Africa

CMP Products

Ville Wacklin

Digital Infrastructure Investment

DIF

Faith Waithaka

Cloud and Service Provider Segment Sales Lead

Schneider Electric

Willem Weber

Data Centre Environmental Engineer

Master Power Technologies

Chris Wiggett

Director of Artificial Intelligence, Founder

DeltAI