Cogan brings over 20 years of European telecommunications and infrastructure expertise to Digital Realty. Most lately, she served as Chief Government Officer of euNetworks, a European bandwidth infrastructure firm. Earlier than that, Cogan served in government roles at Colt Know-how Providers and Verizon, after starting her profession at BT. Cogan will probably be based mostly in London and succeeds Michel van den Assem, who’s retiring after greater than 20 years with Digital Realty. He’ll stay with Digital Realty till the tip of Could to make sure a easy transition.
“Paula is a seasoned telco and digital infrastructure chief with intensive experience in gross sales, operations, and strategic transformation. She brings a robust observe document of main groups and interesting with clients. I’m delighted to have her lead our rising EMEA area,” mentioned Digital Realty President & Chief Government Officer, Andy Energy. “I additionally need to thank Michel for his regular management of our EMEA workforce and his many contributions to Digital Realty through the years.”
“I am delighted to affix Digital Realty’s management workforce and lead the EMEA area throughout such a dynamic time within the information heart business,” added Cogan. “With over 120 working information facilities throughout 26 metros on this multi-continental area, strong and increasing connectivity, and a consumer roster spanning the world’s largest hyperscalers to smaller enterprises, Digital Realty is ideally positioned for continued progress in EMEA. I stay up for main our workforce and partnering with our clients to ship optimized connectivity and efficiency options, additional strengthening Digital Realty’s buyer worth proposition.”
