Event Speakers

Meet Our 2026 Speakers

Nabeel Mahmood

Chief Executive Officer, Nomad Futurist

Simon Cooper

Group Chief Development Officer, NEXTDC

Glenn Uidam

Chief Operations Officer, CDC Data Centres

Jing Zhou

Senior Director, Data Center, Alternatives and Strategic Transactions, Nuveen (Hong Kong)

Anik Akhtar

Co-Chief Executive Officer, INSITE DC

Sumit Mukhija

Group Chief Executive Officer, DCI Data Centers
Kate Mitchell

Kate Mitchell

Fund Manager – Data Centres, Centuria Capital Group

Daniel Howard

NEXTDC, Chief Development Officer, Hyperscale

Beth Gentle

National Services Manager, Australian IT Services

Shayne Kumar

Head of Energy, NEXTDC

Michael Gold

General Manager Data Centre Investments, Macquarie Technology Group

Jennifer Cooper

Director, Urbis

Belinda Dennett

Chief Executive Officer, Data Centres Australia

Laura Caspari

Chief Renewables Officer, ENGIE Au

Kavickumar Muruganathan

ESG Policy & Planning Director APAC, Microsoft (Singapore)

Rana Qadir

President - Melbourne Chapter, AFCOM

Nauman Akhtar

Co-Chief Executive Officer, INSITE DC

Sumit Oberoi

Autodesk, Senior Manager, Construction Strategy & Partnerships

Damien Giroud

Chief Executive Officer, Rentaload APAC & Emerging Countries

Simon Cooper

Group Chief Development Officer, NEXTDC

Philipp Schluter

Sustainability and Efficiency Specialist, Camfil

Tim Gentle

President Sydney Chapter, AFCOM

John Henderson

General Manager, Centuria DC

Richard Pawlik

General Manager Contestable Connections, AusNet

Frank McMahon

Regional Director, Multiplex

Andrew Green

AG Squared Consulting, Independent Data Centre Consultant

Liam McWhirter

General Manager for Enterprise and Strategic Clients, Origin

Fredrik Johansson

Founder and Managing Director, Balder Investment (Singapore)
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Mark Deguara

General Manager Data Centres Secure Power Division, Schneider Electric

Kirk Wetherrell

Head of Data Centres Vertical, Siemens AU/NZ

James Dodsworth

Global head of data centres, Partner, London, White & Case (UK)

Alex McCarthy

Pacific Data Centre Evangelist, Honeywell

Benjamin Martin-Henry

Executive Director & Head of Private Assets Research, Pacific, MSCI

Timothy Hibbert

Head of Property & Building Forecasting, Oxford Economics

Andrew Sjoquist

Founder & Chief Executive Officer, WinDC

Rob Hammond

Director, Global Data Centre Lead, TBH

Luke Jackson

Co-Head of Data Centres, Capital Markets, Asia Pacific, JLL

Janne Paananen

Data Center Systems Architect, Eaton (Finland)

Natalie Dragovic

Data Center Facilities Engineering Manager, Fujitsu

Luke Jackson

Co-Head of Data Centres, Capital Markets, Asia Pacific, JLL

Tony Gaunt

Vice President Product Management, Vertiv

Heath McNab

Managing Director, MBC Group

Nick Leos

Founder & Managing Director, Evolution Precast

Shi Song Tan

Director, Regional Sales (Asia), TZ

Anthony Whipps

Data Centre Lead, APAC, GHD

Anuja Walavalkar

Head of Pre-Sales and Offer Management, Schneider Electric

Brendan Dessent

Head of Legrand Data Centre Solutions, ANZ, Legrand

Thusitha Dadigamuwage

Head of Engineering, Eaton ANZ

Jeff Sharp

Principal Industry Consultant, Octave

Rango Chuang

Senior Datacenter Business Development Engineer, Moxa

Jason Deane

Offer Manager, UPS Systems, Schneider Electric

Steven Jennings

Senior Sales Manager, Dunnsteel

Darah Callan

Senior Customer Success Manager, Evercam

Blake Dunlop

Business Development Manager, Dunnsteel

Tyler Brenchley

Senior Project Manager, Multiplex

Timothy Millott

Managing Director, All Purpose Pumps

Wayne Saunders

Managing Director, Peikko Australia

Diarmaid Long

General Manager, Keller

Alina Melikhova

Conference Producer, FuturePlace

David Bell

Sustainability and Insights Manager, InfraBuild

Athena Venios

Managing Director, Keller