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Henry Sutton
Founder
Gulf Data Centre Association (GDCA)

Stijn Grove
Chairman
Kickstart Europe Conference

Gary Watson
Country Manager Ireland
Keppel DC REIT

Joe McCaffrey
Chief Executive Officer
Duke McCaffrey Consulting

Andrew Thomson
Partner & Head of Real Estate
Al Tamimi & Company

Stephen Beard
Head of Data Centres
Knight Frank

Marynet Bassily
Founder
MissionProcure and NexConnect Hub

John Rippingale
Chief Executive Officer
Sudlows Consulting

Simon Young
Director – MEA
RED Engineering Design

Asim Ansari
Director, General Manager – Edge & Telecoms EMEA & APAC
Airedale by Modine

Takwa Dawdi
Senior Electrical Engineer
RED Engineering

Alban Hohmann Schauly
Data Center Segment Manager – Africa & Middle East
Caterpillar

Paul Kelly
CEO
Sila

Amal Askar
Head Business Development, ICT
Bahrain Economic Development Board (EDB)

Auf Al Bulushi
Executive Director – Subsea Cables Business
Ithca

Amjad Elnayal
Manager of Technology
Telecommunications Regulatory Authority of Bahrain (TRA)

Johann Adjovi
Partner
Analyses Mason

Zahid Saddiq
CEO & CFO
Qcloud

Abeer Al Mahmeed
Compliance & Performance Manager, Global Business Team
Batelco

Ronald Philip
Senior Director – Strategic Planning
Agility Logistics Parks

Bruce Jennings
Chairman
Qareeb Data Centres

Natascha Geraedts
Partner
Eversheds Sutherland

Mark Bailey
Partner
Charles Russell Speechlys

Charbel Aoun
Head of Power Division
Vertiv

Sean Christie
UAE Projects Director
Datalec Precision Installations 

Pieter Schaap
Director
Soben

Stephen Flanagan
Partner – Head of Valuation & Advisory, MENA
Knight Frank

Zenab Abbas
Marketing Advisory

Kees Verhoeven
Strategic Advisor
Dutch Data Center Association

Giedre Malinauskaite
Chief Strategy Officer
CNTXT

Kev Doyle
Principal Consultant – Unified Operations Technology
PTS

Liam Round
Global Business Development Manager
DEIF

Hassan Mirreh
Managing Director
BlackRack Technologies

Marcus bagnall
Partner
Wiggin

Daneh Al Rayes
Vice President
Smart Ways Consulting

Jas Shoker
Supervising Associate
Simmons & Simmons

Kamel Tawil
Managing Director, Middle East & North Africa
Equinix

Naveen Rajagopalan
Chief Commercial Officer
Kalaam Carrier Solutions

Anna Klaft
Chairwoman
German Datacenter Association

Alistair Davis
UAE Director
Black & White Engineering

Ameen Altajer
CEO
INFINITEWARE

Antonios Tatarakis
Senior Director, Client Engagement ECEMEA
Oracle

Louay Zeatier
Client Engagement Senior Director
Oracle

Joao Marques Lima
Founder & Managing Editor
The Tech Capital

Elham Al Moosawi
Global Business Client Partnership Management
Batelco

Peter van Burgel
Chief Executive Officer
AMS-IX 

Fuad Mohseni
Head of Infrastructure and Projects
Batelco 

Krystyna Litwa
Head of people
Gulf Data Centre Association

Qusay Abu Abed
Regional MENA Sales Manager
Danfoss

Greg Jasmin
Founder & Managing Director
X2X Group

Annemarie van Zadelhoff
Regional Director EMEA
datacenterHawk

Alban Hohmann Schauly
Data Centre Manager – Africa & Middle East
Caterpillar

Magide Sebtioui
Business Director
Huawei Digital Power

Ammar Al Horani
Data Centre Segment Leader – Middle East
Eaton

Hani Askar
Chief Global Business Officer
Batelco

Noha Khalifa
Regional Director – MENA
AMS-IX

Fuad Hoseni
Head of Infrastructure & Projects
Batelco

Hasan Zainal
Head International Capacity
Batelco

Sajeda AlAsfoor
Head of Global Experiences – Business Development
Tamkeen (Labour Fund)

Islam Salim
Head of Enterprise Digital Products
Batelco

Muhammad Anum Saleem
Legal Director
Dutch Data Center Association

Gareth Mills
Partner
Charles Russell Speechlys

Mark Hill
Partner, Head of Commercial, TMT & IP
Charles Russell Speechlys

Priyanka Nagpal
Data Center Lead – MEA, Director – Specialist Advisory
JLL

Christopher O’Brien
Senior Associate
Charles Russell Speechlys

Oumkeltoum Loudiyi
Senior Projects Manager
Sudlows Consulting

Taha Hussain
Regional Manager – MENA
AMS-IX

James Corby
Chief Financial Officer
MEEZA

Mike Buckingham
Group Chief Operating Officer
Quantum Switch

Rami Jamal
Founder & CEO
PIERCER esports

Ian Paul
Colocation & Hyperscale Strategic Segments Director
Vertiv

Musab Abdullah
Executive Director – Investment Development, ICT
Bahrain Economic Development Board

Marwa Aleskafi
Director – Entrepreneurship, Technology & Strategic Initiatives
Tamkeen

Mohammed Siddiqui
Manager-Non Carrier Services
stc Bahrain

Enas Al Fardan
Director of Strategy and Business Excellence
Batelco

Matthew Baynes
Vice President, Strategic Partners, Cloud & Service Provider Segment
Schneider Electric

Tim Chambers
Director and Founder
Exuvi8

Charbel Lattouf
Strategic Account Manager
Vertiv

Ahmed Al Sharaf
Director of Business Development
Tamkeen

Zil Rehman
Associate
Pinsent Masons

Ahmed H. Mosa
Senior Manager Carrier & Wholesale 
Awasr

John Weber
Head of Asset Management & Energy
IREP

Fabrice Moizan
Chief Revenue Officer
Gcore

Mihai Mărcuță
Co-Founder
NodeShift

Stuart Manby
Chief Sales Officer
Ezditek

Ali Salman
Products Manager
Batelco

Lex Coors
Chief Data Center Technology and Engineering Officer
Digital Realty

Will King
SVP of Strategy and Business Development Europe
Prime Data Centers

Georges Dubien
MENA Sales Director
Exegete

John Fahy
ME Regional Manager
Tate

Lars-erik ODMAN
Director
Oliver Wyman

Johan Nilerud
Senior Director Strategy and Planning
Khazna Data Centers

Sayed Hasan Amin
Head of Presales and PMO
Batelco

Ras Scollay
Director – Data Center Business
Du

Shaktivel K
CEO 
Henox IT & Data Centers