Bio

Mr Willner has 30 years of relevant professional experience. Prior to joining Helios in December 2022, he was Chairman of IXAfrica, a hyperscale data center operator he founded in 2018 in Kenya. Previously, Mr Willner invested in and joined the board of directors of Teraco Data Environments (South Africa) in 2008 and remained as a shareholder and board member until 2014 when the company was sold to Permira. He also founded IXEurope in 1998, which was subsequently listed on London’s AIM market in 2006 and that same year received the Queen’s Award for International Trade in recognition of its notable growth. In 2007, IXEurope was purchased by Equinix and Mr Willner remained as President of Equinix’s European sector through June 2008. Mr Willner holds a BSc (Hons) in Engineering from Oxford Brookes University. He is a British national.