Apostolos Kakkos acquires LAMDA Hellix

Guy Willner joins its Board of Directors.

LAMDA Hellix SA, the leading and award-winning Neutral World-Class Data Center Services provider in South East Europe, has announced that Apostolos Kakkos, its founder & CEO, along with Ioanna-Elena Markou, founder & Vice Chairman, have acquired the remaining stake of LAMDA Hellix and now control 100% of the company’s capital.


The company has also the pleasure to announce that Guy Willner, has joined its Board of Directors as a non-executive member. Recently being awarded Datacenter Dynamics' Data Center Business Leader of the Year (2012), Guy Willner is the co-Founder and CEO of IXcellerate (Moscow), Board Member at Teraco (South Africa) and Founder and Chairman of the International Data Centre Group (IDC-G). Guy was previously the co-founder of IXEurope, a market leader in high-end data centre services, raising approximately $250 million in equity and debt. IXEurope joined the London Stock Exchange in April 2006, before being acquired by Equinix Inc in September 2007 for $555million.


Apostolos Kakkos, European Data Centre Entrepreneur of the Year 2012, commented: “LAMDA Hellix has been one of the most successful Data Center providers in South Eastern Europe, with a proven track record of 116 months with 100% availability and 39 fully profitable quarters, since the launch of its services in 2003. Together with the management team, we believe in the company and its prospects, driven by our strategic plan that includes both local and international expansion. Furthermore, I would like to welcome Guy Willner to our Board of Directors. Guy, has been one of the most influential and successful leaders in the European Data Centre market and beyond for the past decade. His deep knowledge, international experience and entrepreneurship will be a significant additional asset towards realizing our business objectives.”


Guy Willner, commented: “I have been following LAMDA Hellix’s success the past few years and I am really excited to be involved with the company. Under Apostolos’ leadership the company has witnessed remarkable growth during the Euro-Crisis period and I am sure the same applies for its prospects ahead.”
 

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