
Become a Touchdown Middle East 2025 Speaker
Interested in speaking at the Gulf region’s first annual data centre conference ?
From keynotes speeches to panel discussions, there are numerous ways to get involved as a speaker for Touchdown Middle East 2025. Fill in the form below or email info@touchdownme.com for for more information on how to get involved.
Event Speaker
Touchdown Middle East Speakers

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
John Rippingale
Chief Executive Officer
Sudlows Consulting
Takwa Dawdi
Senior Electrical Engineer
RED Engineering
Paul Kelly
CEO
Sila
Abeer Al Mahmeed
Compliance & Performance Manager, Global Business Team
Batelco
Ronald Philip
Senior Director – Strategic Planning
Agility Logistics Parks
Natascha Geraedts
Partner
Eversheds Sutherland

Mark Bailey
Partner
Charles Russell Speechlys
Sean Christie
UAE Projects Director
Datalec Precision Installations
Stephen Flanagan
Partner – Head of Valuation & Advisory, MENA
Knight Frank
Zenab Abbas
Marketing Advisory
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
Daneh Al Rayes
Vice President
Smart Ways Consulting
Kamel Tawil
Managing Director, Middle East & North Africa
Equinix
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
Elham Al Moosawi
Global Business Client Partnership Management
Batelco
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
Gareth Mills
Partner
Charles Russell Speechlys
Mark Hill
Partner, Head of Commercial, TMT & IP
Charles Russell Speechlys
Christopher O’Brien
Senior Associate
Charles Russell Speechlys
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

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