EVOLUTION - Key Persons

Job Titles:

• Chief Executive Officer
• Co - Founder

As co-founder and CEO, Darren's role is to ensure Evolution Data Centres delivers on its strategic vision to become the next-generation leading pan-Asian data centre platform, delivering digital growth, reliably and sustainably, into high growth markets. Darren founded Evolution because he believed that customers deserved a greater choice of sustainable data centre infrastructure in Asia. Darren has been in Asia for 10 years and he has worked in all aspects of the digital infrastructure ecosystem, including telco, data centre and artificial intelligence. Based in Singapore Darren was the MD for Asia for IO Data Centres (a next-generation, modular data centre operator), where he led the business to net cash flow positive and ultimately to a successful exit. With his co-founder, and leadership team, Darren is passionate about workplace culture. He aspires for Evolution to be a company where everyone makes an active contribution and is accountable. Darren's mantra is to enjoy the journey, rather than being obsessed with reaching the destination. Darren has a personal commitment to improving health and sustainability. He regularly walks 10km to the office and refuses to take any shop offered plastic bags.

Job Titles:

• Chief Investment Officer
• Co - Founder

Ed's role as Chief Investment Officer is to drive Evolution's investment program while developing and managing relationships with capital and strategic partners. Ed co-founded Evolution due to his conviction that underserved Southeast Asian markets are set to become the next frontier of data centre growth in Asia, as well as the attraction of addressing the tremendous challenge of sustainability in the industry. Ed was previously an investment banker to the digital infrastructure and renewable power sectors in Asia. In his role as Head of Asian TMT Investment Banking at ING, he has advised several digital infrastructure businesses on fundraising, M&A and capital strategy in emerging markets, including winning Infrastructure Investor's 2020 "Digital Infrastructure Deal of the Year in Asia Pacific". Since moving to Asia a decade ago, he has advised clients on more than 30 corporate finance transactions across Asia, including renewable power companies operating across geothermal, solar and wind. Ed is a Civil Engineering graduate and has been fascinated throughout his career by sustainable solutions to infrastructure development challenges in growth markets. Ed's personal sustainability pledge is to reduce his carbon footprint by going meat and dairy free three days a week.

Job Titles:

• Principal - Strategy and Investment

Matt's role as Principal - Strategy and Investment is to support the senior leadership team in delivering Evolution's strategy, execute on growth initiatives in new markets and manage relationships with key capital providers and strategic stakeholders. Matt joined Evolution in order to be part of the solution to Asia's technological and sustainability challenges. Matt has been living in Asia for three years. Prior to joining Evolution, he obtained his MBA from INSEAD in Singapore and before that, Matt was a Vice President with Investcorp in Singapore and London where he led the launch of the Southeast Asia private equity team and Investcorp's first investment in Southeast Asia. Matt has an MBA from INSEAD and an MA from the University of St Andrews. He is also a CFA Charterholder. Matt's personal commitment to health and sustainability is to complete a triathlon in 2022 as well as reduce his intake of beef and dairy and maximise his use of public transportation.

Job Titles:

• Senior Adviser
• Senior Advisor
• Senior Adviser to the Blackstone Group

Mr. Jarrett Appleby is a Senior Advisor for Evolution Data Centres. Mr. Appleby currently serves as a senior adviser to the Blackstone Group, a leading global investment business. He is a senior executive with more than 25 years' experience successfully developing and executing growth strategies for technology platform and IT solution companies in competitive global markets. For the last five years, Mr. Appleby has held a number of senior executive positions including Chief Operating Officer (COO) of Digital Realty until 2017, CEO of private consulting business, Appleby Strategy Group since 2017, and he has been a Senior Adviser to Blackstone Group since 2018. Within these leadership roles, Mr. Appleby has led strategic operational change and accelerated the profitability of some of the world's leading digital infrastructure companies. Prior to 2014, Mr. Appleby held COO positions at CoreSite Realty as well as maintaining corporate sales and business development responsibilities as the inaugural Chief Marketing Officer (CMO) of Equinix Inc. In addition to his significant operating credentials, Mr. Appleby has led teams involved in corporate transactions in excess of $11.5 billion across data centres, managed network services and security services.

Job Titles:

• Head of Engineering

As Head of Engineering, Simon brings to life Evolution Data Centres' vision by implementing data centres that deliver high availability, performance, sustainability and scalability to meet our customer's requirements. Simon's extensive career includes design, commissioning and leadership roles for general contractors, consultants and clients. Simon has been involved with a range of projects that have enabled him to implement innovative data centre designs. His experience of control systems will enable Evolution to be able to track metrics, performance and target sustainability goals across all facilities. Simon's recent data experience spans leading the APAC data centre team for an international consultancy, to most recently heading the APAC colocation engineering team for Amazon Web Services. He has been in Asia for 25 years with 20 of those being based in Singapore and has travelled extensively through the region for work and pleasure. He is committed to sustainability and cycles or walks to work at least three times a week and insists on drinking his coffee from reusable cups.

Job Titles:

• Project Engineer
• As Project Engineer

As Project Engineer, Yong Kang's role is to organise engineering programs to ensure delivery of Evolution Data Centres' vision. He brings with him experience spanning across sustainable engineering, business development and asset management. He was awarded the Keppel Group Scholarship and holds a degree in Industrial and Systems Engineering from National University of Singapore. He began his career in Keppel Data Centres where he led multiple innovation projects across energy value chains, edge, floating data centre and partnership negotiation. Yong Kang sees the urgent need for sustainable solutions to support the long-term growth of the digital economy and is committed to building this engineering playbook with Evolution. He has a personal commitment to sustainability through regular jogs to work and cutting down on plastic consumption.