DigitalBridge (NYSE: DBRG) is a leading global digital infrastructure firm. With a heritage of over 25 years investing in and operating businesses across the digital ecosystem including cell towers, data centers, fiber, small cells, and edge infrastructure, the DigitalBridge team manages a $69 billion portfolio of digital infrastructure assets on behalf of its limited partners and shareholders. Headquartered in Boca Raton, DigitalBridge has key offices in New York, Los Angeles, London, Luxembourg and Singapore.

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Dev Gupta joined ESR in May 2019 to spearhead the creation of the Data Centre Vertical. As Chief Investment Officer for ESR Data Centres, he is responsible for the development of the DC strategy, Acquisitions, Investment Management and Customer / Operator Partnerships. He has successfully received commitments for a dedicated APAC Data Centre development fund, acquired 8 assets with a total development potential of 560MW facility load across 6 countries in the region, and set-up a 20 member dedicated team for Data Centre design and development.

Prior to joining ESR, Dev was Director Investments, Allianz Real Estate, where he was responsible for development of new investment strategies across new APAC markets including Digital Infrastructure and Modern Logisitcs.

He has twenty six years of experience in strategy creation, starting businesses, and asset acquisitions/ DD/ financial analysis/ deal structuring across real estate, digital infrastructure, technology, and renewable assets in APAC.

Dev holds a Bachelor’s of Engineering and Masters of Business Administration.

Claude Achcar is the Founder and Managing Partner of Actel Consulting, a highly specialized Tech advisory firm. The company, founded in 2002, differentiates through independent, deep-dive, and hands-on guidance to deliver implementable advisory. Clients include investors, innovators, corporates, telecoms, service providers, and regulators.

Claude has over 30 years of ICT experience. He began his career as an AI Research Associate followed by eleven years in various engineering, marketing, and operations roles with Nortel. Prior to Actel Consulting, Claude was Managing Director and VP Asia at Ciena.

Claude is an engineer by training, holding B.Eng. & M.Eng. (Speech Recognition) degrees from Ecole Polytechnique, and an MBA from McGill University, both in Montreal, Canada.

Mr. Ong joined Gaw Capital in 2021 as Managing Director – Head of IDC Platform, Asia (Ex-China). He spearheads Internet Data Centre (IDC) platform investments for Gaw Capital Partners outside of the China region.

Prior to joining Gaw Capital Partners, Mr. Ong worked in the Keppel Group of companies for 10 years in a number of roles including being a Senior Vice President and since 2014, as the Head of Strategy and Global Investments at Keppel Data Centres, a regional data centre owner and operator with over 25 data centres spread across the APAC and European regions. He has over 20 years of international experience in data centres, telecom and submarine cable development projects. He has strong track record in fundraising, growing data centre businesses in key markets in Asia and Europe, and leading investment teams to acquire data centres in Australia, Malaysia, Indonesia, Singapore, Hong Kong, Germany and in the Netherlands. He was ranked by Data Economy in 2018 as one of the world’s top 25 finance deal makers in the data centre and cloud industry.

Mr. Ong received his Bachelor of Accounting degree from the Nanyang Technological University in Singapore and graduated from the Sloan Fellows Program at Stanford University with a Master of Science in Management from the Graduate School of Business in 2007. He is a Chartered Accountant (CA) in Singapore and Fellow of CPA Australia (FCPA) and a member of the Institute of Singapore Chartered Accounts (ISCA) and CPA Australia.

Narendra Sen is the Founder and Director of RackBank DataCenters Pvt Ltd. He is a pioneering mind who at first led the digital marketing expertise in Central India back in 2006 followed by founding the region’s first green data center.

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Germán Cufré is Global Manager for Telecom, Media and Technology investments at the International Finance Corporation (IFC). IFC—a member of the World Bank Group—is the largest global development institution focused on the private sector in emerging markets.

German joined IFC in 2006 and has been part of the investment team focused on telecommunications infrastructure since 2008. German is currently responsible for helping develop IFC’s business in the sector, supporting equity and debt transactions in emerging markets across all telecom infrastructure subsectors including broadband, data centers, small cells and DAS, independent tower operators, IoT, TESCO and MNO's.

Before joining IFC, Mr. Cufre led an acquisitions turnaround team at a distressed asset fund out of Argentina and worked as a strategy/ turnaround consultant with Booz Allen & Hamilton based in Chicago (USA), Sao Paulo (Brazil) and Buenos Aires (Argentina). He holds a B.A. from Universidad de San Andres and an MBA from Kellogg Graduate School of Management.

IFC—a member of the World Bank Group—is the largest global development institution focused on the private sector in emerging markets. We work in more than 100 countries, using our capital, expertise, and influence to create markets and opportunities in developing countries. In fiscal year 2020, we invested $22 billion in private companies and financial institutions in developing countries, leveraging the power of the private sector to end extreme poverty and boost shared prosperity.