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Investment Forum | MENA

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Connecting senior investors & finance teams driving the economic evolution of the digital infrastructure sector

The world depends on digital infrastructure, and there’s never been more pressure on the industry to scale at speed. The DCD>Connect | Investment series helps the investors & finance teams behind this growth to make informed decisions faster, through tailored networking, technology-discovery and best-practice sharing.

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  • 3 Co-located events covering the entire digital infrastructure ecosystem
  • Hear from 130+ leading experts from across the data center industry
  • Network with 1,250+ Senior Data Center Professionals
  • 3 Co-located events
  • 60+ Exhibitors showcasing the latest tech
  • 130+ Expert speakers
  • 1,250+ Senior Data Center Professionals

    • Previous Speakers Include

    John Wilson

    Director, European Data Centre Financing, SMBC Group

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    John Wilson

    Director, European Data Centre Financing, SMBC Group

    John is Director in SMBC specialising in data centre financing. John’s focus is providing funding to the DC sector across EMEA and transactions to date include those to retail, wholesale and cloud data centre operators as well as to IT managed service providers. John has been operating in this sector for eight years joining SMBC from RBS in 2018.

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    Josefina Xanthou

    Josefina Xanthou

    Chief Financial Officer, EcoDataCenter

    Robin Brown

    Robin Brown

    Managing Director M&A, HSBC

    Matthew Harris

    Matthew Harris

    Chief Financial Officer, Kao Data

    Gulfraz Qayyum

    Managing Director, Head of Communications Investment Banking, Citigroup

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    Gulfraz Qayyum

    Managing Director, Head of Communications Investment Banking, Citigroup

    Gulfraz has a distinguished track record advising communications operators and infrastructure providers on strategy, mergers and acquisitions, capital raising and other investment banking business. Over a career spanning 24 years, he has accumulated deep and diverse experience across markets, sub sectors and with a multitude of clients and capital providers. He has advised on hundreds of billions of dollars’ worth of advisory deals and successfully executed over $100 billion of strategic capital raising for large corporates and investors. Today, Gulfraz’s major clients are global, Western European and emerging markets large-cap telecom operators. Gulfraz has held offices in London, New York, Singapore and Dubai.

    Gulfraz holds a Masters in Finance from London Business School and a BSc with first class honours in Mathematics with Computer Science from University College London.

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    Mina Janeska

    Commercial Director, Global Switch

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    Mina Janeska

    Commercial Director, Global Switch

    Mina Janeska, CAIA, FRICS, is an accomplished senior real estate investment executive with extensive experience across the UK, Europe, and Asia Pacific. Currently, she serves as Commercial Director at Global Switch, where she actively supports the Group’s strategic decision-making. Mina has a proven track record in driving commercial strategies and implementing advanced sustainable solutions in complex, evolving environments.

    Before joining Global Switch, Mina worked on the Fidelity UK Real Estate Fund, focusing on strategic asset management and integrating ESG considerations into the investment approach. Prior to her tenure at Fidelity, she was an Asset Manager at Cording Real Estate Group (now Edmond de Rothschild REIM), managing portfolios on behalf of pension funds and private equity clients.

    Mina is a Fellow of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (FRICS) and a Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst (CAIA) designation holder. She holds a BSc in Urban Estate Management from the University of Westminster and an MSc in Cognitive and Decision Sciences from University College London.

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    Chris Hogg

    Director, OMERS Infrastructure

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    Chris Hogg

    Director, OMERS Infrastructure

    Chris joined OMERS Infrastructure in London in June 2023 and leads investment efforts in digital infrastructure in Europe. He also works closely with asset management colleagues to oversee digital infrastructure investments.

    Prior to joining OMERS, Chris was Senior Investment Director and head of digital infrastructure at Amber Infrastructure, where he led multiple investments across a range of digital infrastructure subsectors, also representing Amber on portfolio company boards.

    Before Amber, he worked as an investment banker at Arma Partners, advising clients on digital infrastructure transactions across Europe, and as an equity research analyst at Merrill Lynch, covering the European telecoms sector. Chris started his career with PwC in London, working across assurance and consulting.

    Chris holds a Master of Chemistry from the University of Oxford and a Masters in Finance from London Business School. He is also a Chartered Accountant (FCA, Institute of Chartered Accountants of England and Wales).

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    Ho-Shik Lim

    Ho-Shik Lim

    Senior Banker, Co-Head of TMT Investments, EBRD

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      April 15-16 Free

      Includes access to

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      For end-users within the digital infrastructure industry

      Who qualifies?

      ✅ End-users within the data center industry from Enterprise and Hyperscale

      ✅ End-users specializing in IT, Compute, Storage or Networking

      ✅ Technical roles from Colocation Operators

      ✅ Specifiers of data center technology & services (technical roles) from AECs (Architects, Consulting Engineers, Contractors), Systems Integrators and Energy Utilities

      ✅ Procurement teams

      ✅ Digital Infrastructure Investors/Analysts

      Who does not qualify?

      ❌ Sales & Marketing Professionals

      ❌ Technology or Service Vendors

      ❌ Resellers

      ❌ Recruitment Firms

      Extra details

      This pass provides complete access to all three co-located events taking place at the JW Marriott Marquis, Dubai on April 15-16:

      • DCD>Connect | MENA
        Connecting data center design, build, operations & strategy teams
      • DCD>Connect | Compute
        Connecting the hyperscale & enterprise IT community to deploy scalable, efficient IT hardware for AI-driven workloads
      • DCD>Connect | Investment
        Connecting senior investors & finance teams driving the economic evolution of the digital infrastructure sector

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      ✅ Complimentary food & beverages throughout the event

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      Investment Forum | MENA

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      • DCD>Connect | MENA
        Connecting data center design, build, operations & strategy teams
      • DCD>Connect | Compute
        Connecting the hyperscale & enterprise IT community to deploy scalable, efficient IT hardware for AI-driven workloads

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      ✅ Ability to book meetings through the event app

      ✅ Complimentary food & beverages throughout the event

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      For technology vendors, service vendors, resellers and recruiters

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