Equinix names Charles Meyers as President
and Chief Executive Officer
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These characteristics, and his proven track
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January 2018. Van Camp will resume his
role as Executive Chairman of the Equinix
board of directors.
“Charles is an outstanding leader who
has been a major contributor to Equinix’s
success over the past eight years, playing
critical roles in the company as we have
quadrupled in size, growing from US$1.2
billion in revenue to the US$5 billion plus
we expect to generate this year,” said Peter
Charles brings that rare
combination of a world-class
operator combined with a passion
and drive for strategic innovation.
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quinix, a global interconnection and data
centre company, has announced that its
board of directors has appointed Charles
Meyers to the position of President and Chief
Executive Officer.
Meyers will also join Equinix’s board of
directors. He succeeds Peter Van Camp,
who has served as interim CEO since
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“Charles brings that rare combination of
a world-class operator combined with a
passion and drive for strategic innovation.
record of delivering value for our customers
and our shareholders, make him an
excellent choice to successfully implement
our strategy and take advantage of the
market opportunities ahead.”
Meyers has a distinguished 25-year
career in the technology industry including a
number of executive leadership positions at
leading telecommunications and information
technology companies.
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New chairman appointed as Redstor bids
to treble revenue by 2020
M
ark Howling has been named as the
new Chairman of Redstor, the company
aiming to treble revenue within three
years by disrupting the world of cloud data
management with technology developed in
South Africa.
Howling, who has worked in the
software, IT and telecoms industries for
more than 30 years, will oversee Redstor’s
ambitious expansion plans following an
injection of capital by Beech Tree Private
Equity in November 2017. His appointment
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I have been following Redstor for a
number of years and am delighted
to have joined the team.
Howling has spent the last 20
years in private equity-backed
companies and has significant
experience in growing businesses
organically and through mergers
and acquisitions.
underlines Redstor’s long-term strategy to
treble business by 2020. After starting out
in large, multinational corporations, Howling
has spent the last 20 years in private
equity-backed companies and has significant
experience in growing businesses organically
and through mergers and acquisitions.
He follows the recent addition to the
board of Tony Bolland, who has helped
build three Times Tech-Track 100-featured
companies in the enterprise space.
Howling said: “I have been following
Redstor for a number of years and am
delighted to have joined the team. Having
the ability to manage data across multiple
platforms, including on an organisation’s
premises and in private and public clouds, in
a secure manner, will become increasingly
important to organisations.”
Founded in 1998, Redstor has a
development team in Somerset West, offices
in Johannesburg and supports more than
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