Pan-African telecoms group Liquid Telecom recently appointed Stephane Duproz as Chief Operating Officer of its Africa Data Centre.
Duproz who effectively began work on the 23rd of July will oversee the commercial and operational development of Liquid Telecom’s four existing data centre facilities in Johannesburg, Nairobi, Cape Town and Harare.
He will also be responsible for growing the Africa Data Centre customer base of local and international cloud providers, carriers and enterprises.
He will also spearhead the expansion of ADC’s network of data centres across the continent and will play a big role in the group’s cloud solutions development and deployment into the market.
A highly experienced data centre professional, Duproz has worked for over 20 years in the information communication technology sector, including over 14 years at Telecity Group.
“Stephane brings a wealth of industry experience from his time in Europe, which will be invaluable to the group as we expand and establish our new data centre brand as a market leader in Africa,” said Nic Rudnick, Group CEO, Liquid Telecom.
He joins Liquid Telecom ADC from Global Switch, where he served as Group Director for Europe.
During his time at TelecityGroup, he was Managing Director of its French subsidiary, establishing the company as the most profitable data centre operator in the country.
He has also served as Chairman of the Board for the European Data Centre Association (EUDCA), and acted as Vice President Member of the French Data Centre Association (CESIT).
“Africa’s cloud ecosystem is developing rapidly and is now catching the attention of service providers, which are on the lookout for world-class data centre facilities. I’m delighted to be joining Africa Data Centres at such an important moment for the brand, which is perfectly positioned to support the rise of Africa’s Cloud,” said Duproz.
