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Guy Willner

Investor

Managing Director, Digital Infrastructure, PE Team at Helios Digital Ventures

Nairobi County, Kenya

About

Guy Willner joined Helios in December 2022 as Managing Director in the Digital Infrastructure Investment Team, with over two decades of experience in data centre development, scaling, and exits across Europe and Africa. He founded IXEurope in 1998, grew it into a 14-site platform across four European countries, listed it on the London Stock Exchange's AIM market in 2006, and sold it to Equinix in 2007, later serving as President of Equinix's European division until 2008. He holds a BSc in Engineering from Oxford Polytechnic (Oxford Brookes University).

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Invests in

Data & Infrastructure

Experience

  1. Helios Investment PartnersManaging Director, Digital Infrastructurecurrent2022 — presentGreater London, England, United Kingdom
  2. IXAFRICA DATACENTERChairman and Co-foundercurrent2019 — presentNairobi
  3. AptoSenior Advisorcurrent2024 — presentUnited Kingdom
  4. International Data Centre GroupExecutive Chairmancurrent2010 — present
  5. RETNNon Executive Directorcurrent2025 — present
  6. British Chamber of Commerce KenyaBoard Membercurrent2026 — presentNairobi County, Kenya
  7. Elea DigitalDirector2022 — 2026São Paulo, Brazil
  8. IX Acquisition Corp.Chairman2021 — 2024Greater London, England, United Kingdom
  9. DC ByteMember Of The Board Of Advisors2019 — 2024London, Greater London, United Kingdom
  10. Digital RealtyNon Executive Director2013 — 2019Athens, Greece
  11. Flexenclosure ABNon Executive Director2017 — 2019Greater Stockholm Metropolitan Area
  12. NumecentNon-Executive Director2009 — 2017London, United Kingdom
  13. Teraco Data EnvironmentsNon-Executive Director2009 — 2015
  14. IXEurope plcCEO1998 — 2008
  15. IXEurope plcPresident Europe2007 — 2008
  16. VivendiBusiness Development1992 — 1998

Education

  1. Oxford Brookes University1986, BSc Engineering1982 — 1986
  2. John Hampden
  3. John Hampden

Skills & more

Data Center99Start-ups70Telecommunications99Business Strategy46Cloud Computing80New Business Development46Mergers15Strategic Partnerships44Business Development99E-commerce14Mobile Devices23Corporate Development17
+12 moreMergers & AcquisitionsDisaster RecoveryVirtualizationChange ManagementManaged ServicesSolution SellingProduct ManagementPrivate EquitySaaSLeadershipStrategyManagement

Languages English · French · German · Hungarian

From Guy's professional profile.

Same school

Also attended Oxford Brookes University35

Matt HarrisonGeneral Counsel at Episode1Ceasar NyagahGeneral Partner at Chui VenturesAndrew PateyChief Financial Officer at Illuminate FinancialRosie ZehtabHead of Community at Illuminate FinancialDaniel PitchfordVenture Partner at SuperSeedJohn GlasspoolVenture Partner at Agent Capital

+ 29 more

Shared employers

Also worked at Helios Investment Partners21

Tope LawaniManaging Partner, Member of Executive and Investment Committee at Helios Digital VenturesBabatunde SoyoyeManaging Partner, Member of Executive and Investment Committee at Helios Digital VenturesLuciana GerminarioPartner, Chief Operating Officer, Member of Executive Committee at Helios Digital VenturesMark HartmannInvestment Advisor, Member of Investment Committee at Helios Digital VenturesVitali HarwardtPartner & Chief Financial Officer at Helios Digital VenturesPaul CunninghamPartner, Investment & Fund Structuring at Helios Digital Ventures

+ 15 more

Also worked at IXAFRICA DATACENTER1

Tosin AwoyinkaPrincipal, PE Team at Helios Digital Ventures

Also worked at Digital Realty1

Mary Hogan PreusseChief Strategic Advisor at Fifth Wall

Investments

Board seats

Teraco Data Environments

Per the firm's website.

Colleagues at Helios Digital Ventures

Ali-Abbas Punjani
Senior Vice President, PE Team at Helios Digital Ventures
Babatunde Soyoye
Managing Partner, Member of Executive and Investment Committee at Helios Digital Ventures
Christopher North
Partner, Co-Head of Climate Investments at Helios Digital Ventures
Claire Norton
Head of Client Servicing at Helios Digital Ventures
Dennis Aluanga
Partner, Portfolio Operations Group at Helios Digital Ventures
Dominic Leong
Vice President, PE Team at Helios Digital Ventures
Faris Ayoub
Partner, Helios Sports and Entertainment Group at Helios Digital Ventures
Fope Adelowo
Principal, PE Team and Co-Head of Helios Digital Ventures at Helios Digital Ventures