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Mauricio Giusti joined Actis in 2021 and brings extensive operating, consulting and investing experience within the Digital Infrastructure and Telecoms space – initially with McKinsey, then Telefonica and latterly as CEO of several Private Capital-backed Digital Infrastructure businesses.

As CEO and founder of Phoenix Fibre (neutral FTTH business, recently sold to FiBrasil), PTB (cellphone towers, acquired by Digital Colony), K-2 Towers (small cells, acquired by Blackstone) and BR Towers (cellphone towers, acquired by American Tower), he has built an exceptional track record of over delivering for the respective private capital sponsors.

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John Hawkins is the IBM Global Data Center Strategy and Planning Lead. John brings over 20 years and $3B of leasing experience in the data center and commercial real estate fields. John is best known for his work at Telx, where he was the Director of Global Real Estate & Data Center Expansions. During his years at Telx, John expanded the data center portfolio over seven hundred percent and negotiated over $1B+ in leases, leading to the acquisition of Telx by Digital Realty for $1.9 billion. Prior to Telx, John was Vice President of Real Estate and Data Center Logistics at Exenet Technologies, where he was responsible for the complete ownership of a multi-country facility build-out.  Earlier in his career, John was Vice President of International Operations & Real Estate at The Matlen Silver Group, where he opened operations in India and Trinidad.  

John earned his Masters of Real Estate at New York University.

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James (Jim) Grice is the Co-Chair of Akerman's Energy and Infrastructure Team and the Chair of the Data Centers and Digital Infrastructure Practice. He focuses his practice on general commercial real estate, primarily representing investors, developers, operators, and users in the data center and digital infrastructure realm.

Jim has distinguished himself in the data center and renewable energy sector where he utilizes his intimate understanding of project finance and experience with tax incentives to help clients structure deals to their best advantage. He has significant experience in advising companies on the legal complexities associated with all aspects of data center operations, leasing, subleasing, co-location and related services. Jim has advised developers, operators and investors on data center development projects, including land purchase and sale agreements, planning and environmental issues, power purchase arrangements and contracting for the design and construction of data centers. He is also a go-to-resource for data center tax issues, development incentives for data centers, and legislative issues associated with taxes on data center construction and operation.

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With over two decades of experience in private equity, corporate finance, and business development, Alessandro heads Elea Digital Data Centers, a leading data center company in Latin America. Elea Digital Data Centers invests and operates in data centers that enable the sustainable digitalization of the economy and society.

Alessandro is the founder and CEO of Piemonte Holding, a diversified investment holding company that partners with global financial institutions such as Goldman Sachs.

He has successfully executed multiple M&A transactions and raised capital for various businesses in the digital infrastructure, defense and technology sectors.

He holds a graduate degree in economics and business administration from Luiss Guido Carli University and studied history of philosophy and art in prestigious Italian universities.

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Fernando Jaeger é Diretor Financeiro e de Novos Negócios na ODATA. Entre suas principais funções estão projetos de fusões e aquisições e de concepção de novos empreendimentos (greenfield) por toda a América Latina. Tem formação em Engenharia Mecânica pelo Instituto Tecnológico de Aeronáutica (ITA) e passagens por empresas como SPX Capital e Omega Energia.

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Pedro Henrique Fragoso é Sócio do BTG Pactual e CEO da Tecto Data Centers, atuando em investimentos de Private Equity e Infraestrutura. Pedro Henrique também é membro do conselho de administração da V.tal, por onde supervisiona os investimentos em data center. A V.tal é uma empresa de infraestrutura digital gerida por um consórcio formado por BTG Pactual, GIC e CPPIB.

Antes de ingressar no BTG em 2012, trabalhou na área de Investment Banking do Goldman Sachs, onde esteve envolvido em diversas transações de M&A em diversos setores. Pedro Henrique é formado em Economia pela Bucknell University.

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DigitalBridge Vice President and Scala Data Centers Board Advisor

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