Telehouse and KDDI Europe Announce Appointment of New Managing Director

LONDON, April 20, 2017 /PRNewswire/ --

Telehouse, a leading global provider of data centre services and the global data centre subsidiary of KDDI Corporation, today announced the appointment of Mr Ken Sakai to the role of Managing Director of Telehouse Europe and KDDI Europe. Mr Sakai will be based in London, the European headquarters for Telehouse. Mr Sakai replaces Mr Hiroyuki Soshi, who has been appointed Chief Executive Officer for the KDDI Global Business sector.

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Mr Sakai brings with him over 30 years' management experience within KDDI. He played a pivotal role in the development of KDDI Corporation, resulting from the merger of KDD, DDI and IDO. He held leadership roles in the sales, business development and corporate planning divisions of the business and also served as Managing Director for KDDI Deutschland.

Mr Sakai will lead the continued expansion and growth of Telehouse Europe, to meet the future demands of businesses resulting from the data explosion, digital transformation and cloud adoption. He will further develop the portfolio of Telehouse services, to provide its customers with the highly connected digital data centre infrastructure from which they can operate and grow.

Commenting on his appointment Mr Sakai said, "We operate in a diverse, challenging and exciting market that is seeing the rapid evolution of new technologies and demands on businesses to deliver services to their end users wherever they are. I'm excited to take on the role of Managing Director of Telehouse Europe at this time and believe that Telehouse is well-positioned to provide its customers with the infrastructure and access to cloud services they need to meet these challenges."

To learn more about Telehouse, visit http://www.telehouse.net. For all of our latest news follow us on Twitter via @TelehouseEurope or find our Telehouse Europe LinkedIn company page.

About Telehouse

Telehouse is the pioneering data centre colocation provider established in 1989.  It is an owner operator of Tier III data centres, connectivity and managed ICT solutions to over 3000 corporations around the world. Telehouse is the data centre subsidiary of Japanese corporation KDDI, a leading Japanese mobile and fixed-line telecommunications and ICT solution provider with 106 offices in 28 countries around the world and a Global Fortune company.

About KDDI 

KDDI has been operating as a leading telecommunication provider in Japan for 60 years serving over 38 million users and providing its own successful brand of unique handsets. With over 31,000 employees worldwide, KDDI has 114 offices located in 63 cities in 28 countries around the world; supporting clients locally wherever they are.  With a diverse portfolio of services, KDDI owns and operates a number of subsidiaries around the globe to ensure our clients have access to the best performing end-to-end ICT infrastructure.