ConnectedCompute is an international digital infrastructure business with activities spanning data centre operations, design and build and rural infrastructure solutions. We are uniquely able to offer in-depth strategic insights combined with operational and project delivery expertise, with a focus on on Africa, Middle East and selected markets in Europe. Our clients include Governments, international data centre operators and financial investors.

A leading City of London equity research and corporate advisory boutique firm. I am Senior Adviser with responsibility for the Global Technology Sector and Middle East Region.

Edgnex Data Centres is a fully-owned subsidiary of the DAMAC Group, one of the largest real estate groups in the Middle East. I was Senior Vice President of Data Centres reporting directly to the Chairman of DAMAC Group, with responsibility for the African business and multiple other geographic initiatives

- Reported directly to the CEO of Interxion, David Ruberg. The primary remit was corporate development and strategy, with a particular focus on expansion and development of the African business, on the strategic evolution of the Marseille platform, and on acquisitions in other markets, such as Greece and Croatia.

- Joined Interxion prior to its acquisition by Digital Realty, and after completion of the transaction in March 2020, the role continued and evolved to being part of a three-person team managing and leading the development of Digital Realty’s African business in existing and new countries.

- Led the process to identify and work with the management teams of acquisition targets in Nigeria, culminating in the acquisition of Medallion Communications in Lagos, against determined competition from Equinix, Rack Centre and other potential acquirers. Subsequent in-depth involvement in the management and strategic development of the Nigerian and broader West African business, including in the 2Africa subsea cable PFE/SLTE deployments.

- Instrumental role in the development of iColo in East Africa, working closely with the CEO of Interxion and the founder of iColo. Milestones included the execution of the buyout by Interxion of a majority stake in iColo and the concurrent Pembani Remgro minority investment into the company.

- Closely involved in the development of the market-leading campus in Marseille, which has grown into a highly successful subsea cable hub following Interxion’s acquisition of the SFR landing station in 2014.

- Differentiated, in-depth consulting and research engagements, assisting senior management, private equity owners, institutional investors and advisory firms with corporate development, market analysis and positioning, pre-transaction messaging, investor communications and identification of potential transactions.

- Highly effective tactical and strategic advice, benefiting from extensive experience of financial markets and their pitfalls, proven analytical and communication skills and a deep understanding of the technology sector.

- Key technology coverage segments: data centres, fintech, AI, IOT, software, IT services, internet infrastructure and payments platforms.

- Awarded the Starmine No. 1 in Europe sector ranking in 2017.

- Regular presenter at a number of major industry conferences and investor-centric events.

- Judge for the National Technology Awards

- Voting panel member for the UK Tech Awards.

http://www.uktech-awards.co.uk/voting-panel/

https://nationaltechnologyawards.co.uk/judges.php

- Head of European Research for Technology across Software, Data Centres, Payments & IT Services

- In-depth coverage of 18 stocks, including US-listed names

- Close working relationships with management teams of covered stocks and other companies (private and quoted), in turn facilitating industry insights and corporate access, for example the highly-regarded annual European data centre bus tour

- Extel No. 1 Technology Team Award in 2015 (voted by quoted corporate management teams)

- Starmine No. 1 in Europe Awards for Estimate Accuracy in 2010 and 2011

- Starmine No. 2 in the UK Award for Estimate Accuracy in 2011

- Strong relationships with leading institutional investors globally

- Lead analyst for the IPOs of Worldpay, Softcat, Interxion and Xchanging

- Successfully managed a team of up to four analysts

- Regular presenter and panellist at several major annual data centre and cloud industry conferences

- Member of the voting panels of the UK Tech Awards and PLC Awards

- Founding Director of the firm's equity research team

- Head of Software, IT Services & Data Centre research coverage

- Voted Technology Analyst of the Year in Tech Awards 2003

- Top 3 sector ranking in the Institutional Investor Mid-Market Awards 2003-04

- Consistently high rankings with major institutional investors globally

- Progress from zero corporate brokership clients for Bridgewell in the technology sector in 2002 to nearer 20 by 2006

- Lead analyst for a number of IPO transactions, which generated a substantial proportion of the firm's revenue in a number of years

- Managed a team of up to seven analysts within the technology team, including integration of a team that joined with Bridgewell's acquisition of the UK equities operations of R.W. Baird

- Coverage of European and US-listed internet infrastructure, data centre and software companies

- A key member of the UBS No. 1 rated Software & IT Services Team and a Top 5 Telecoms analyst in the same year in the prestigious Reuters rankings

- Highly ranked for research by major institutional investors globally

- Named by Institutional Investor as one of Europe's Top 10 Internet Financiers in October 2000

https://www.institutionalinvestor.com/article/b15133zs9d22x2/e-europe-bounces-back

- Ranked in Infoconomist's Top 100 Most Influential People in the Tech Economy in 2000 & 2001

- Lead analyst for several high-profile IPOs, including transactions that generated over 40% of UBS Warburg's European technology revenue in 2000

- Host of multiple high-profile conferences for UBS on key technology themes

- Awarded UBS group-wide "Cross-Product Award" in June 2001 for creating multiple revenue opportunities across the equities, fixed-income and corporate finance divisions of the firm

- Responsible for managing portfolios with a total value in excess of £350m

- Sole fund manager for the Prudential Special Situations Trust, Prudential High Income Trust and the UK equity components of Prudential Distribution Trust, Prudential High Income Trust and Prudential International Growth Trust

- Launch fund manager of the Scottish Amicable Ethical Fund, a "light green" offering designed to balance returns with ethical criteria developed in conjunction with EIRIS

- Strong funds performance across a number of periods against FTSE All Share and MSCI benchmarks, driven by successful stock selection and thematic rotation of weightings

- 1% average annual outperformance for income funds and over 4% average annual outperformance for higher-performance and special situations funds

- Responsibility within the fund management team for the Technology, Telecoms, Industrials & Leisure sectors working closely with in-house research analysts

- Developed proprietary mean reversion stock screening and valuation approaches which were adopted across the firm

- Prize winner in two consecutive years in the Institute of Investment & Research (IIMR) examinations