360MW
Anthropic
Signed lease documentation with Anthropic for the first stage, a 360MW data centre, of Australia’s largest data centre campus.
Highlights
Macquarie Capital
Capital raised
Raised capital with Macquarie Capital to fund delivery of the campus, alongside Australian Data Centres.
$500m+
Telstra Purple
Built a national sales organisation delivering over $500m (AUD) of revenue per annum across cloud-enabled services.
First-stage lease is subject to Foreign Investment Review Board approval. See press coverage.
Experience
Feb 2025 – Now
Zerra DC
Chief Executive Officer
Leading Zerra DC’s APAC data centre platform: strategy, capital, customers and delivery.
Signed lease documentation with Anthropic for the first stage, a 360MW data centre, of Australia’s largest data centre campus, and raised capital with Macquarie Capital to fund its delivery.
2021 – Jan 2025
Microsoft
Head of Region Design & Technology, APAC
Led the team that assured, accelerated and de-risked Microsoft’s multi-billion-dollar APAC infrastructure investments across data centres, telecommunications and power, working between engineering and customer-facing teams to maximise the impact of Azure and AI investment.
2014 – 2020
Telstra
Head of Sales, Telstra Purple
Established, led and grew Telstra’s end-to-end technology professional and managed services business, across direct and indirect go-to-market models and partnerships.
Built and ran the national sales organisation, growing to over 40 sales specialists and 500 consultants, delivering over $500m (AUD) of revenue per annum across cloud-enabled professional and managed services.
2011 – 2014
Hewlett Packard
Chief Technology Officer, Public Sector & Future Cities
Developed and prosecuted HP’s position on public sector technology innovation, leading Future Cities initiatives designed to leverage HP technology into multi-billion-dollar country-led investments.
Worked with HP country leadership to spearhead investment discussions with government ministers, technology partners and potential investors. Key successes: Government Cloud in Singapore, and City Operation Centres in Singapore and New Zealand.
Press
- Macquarie partners with Zerra and ADC to build Australia’s largest data centre campus for Anthropic · IPE Real Assets
- Macquarie backs Zerra’s 2GW data centre pipeline · Financial Newswire
- Anthropic signs first Australia data centre agreement · iTnews
- Zerra plans 1.44GW, AUD 14.5bn data centre campus in Queensland · W.Media
Core experience
Infrastructure Planning & Acquisition
Capital Raising & Investment Strategy
Risk Identification & Mitigation
Business Case Development
Target Setting & Reporting
Strategic Account Planning
Sales & Channel Program Management
Go-To-Market Planning
Customer Relationship Management
Strategic Selling, Negotiating & Closing
Education
Honours Degree in Systems Engineering
Australian National University, 1994 – 1998
Beyond work
- Dragon boat racing
- 3D modelling and printing