Chennai: The Board of Sify Infinit Spaces Limited (SISL), a subsidiary of Nasdaq-listed Sify Technologies Limited (Nasdaq: Sify), today announced the appointment of Mark Adams as a Non-Executive and Non-Independent Director.
A global data center technology advisor, consultant, and practitioner, Mr. Adams brings decades of experience in Communications Infrastructure and Technology across leading companies.
Previously, he served as Chief Development Officer of Equinix for 10 years, during which he helped grow the company’s revenue from $33.87B to $396.64B. He oversaw Corporate Strategy, M&A, and Real Estate, completing numerous acquisitions and managing Equinix’s real estate investment program.
Currently, Mr. Adams is a Senior Advisor to Global Infrastructure Partners (part of BlackRock), a Board Advisor for Cyrus One and True IDC, and Founder and Director of Kasi Cloud, a data center start-up in Nigeria. He also serves as a Director of 10,000 Degrees, a Bay Area non-profit creating educational opportunities for students from low-income backgrounds, and is a Lecturer at the Haas School of Business, University of California, Berkeley.
Adams holds an M.B.A. with Distinction from the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, and a B.A. in Economics with Distinction from Cornell University.
Raju Vegesna, Chairman of SISL, said, “Mark brings to the table a combination of business with multi-geography exposure and technology foresights at some of the finest peers in the Data Center industry. Mark’s experience will be especially relevant as he works with the Board on strategy and with the senior leadership at SISL in scaling our hyperscale and enterprise business. SISL will bank heavily on this accumulated experience to build out clear value for multiple verticals.”
Mark Adams remarked on his appointment, “I am happy to join the Board of Sify Infinit Spaces Limited, which is at an inflection point on its data center trajectory. It has established an excellent position over 25 years, in the delivery of capacity to global leaders here in India while effectively serving the Enterprise customers and a strong interconnection services play. It is now time to scale that potential.”
