Our leadership

Bruno Lopez is President and Group Chief Executive Officer of ST Telemedia Global Data Centres (STT GDC). He has been responsible for the overall leadership, strategic direction, growth and development of the STT GDC group since its inception in 2014. He concurrently serves as Deputy Chief Executive Officer at ST Telemedia (STT). 

Under his leadership, STT GDC has become one of the fastest-growing data centre providers across Asia and Europe. The company has built a substantial portfolio of integrated data centres across a global platform, serving all the major cloud service providers and enterprises in Singapore, India, Thailand, South Korea, Indonesia, Japan, the Philippines, Malaysia and Vietnam; and through VIRTUS Data Centres in the UK and Germany.

Bruno oversees the strategic and operational priorities of these companies in various jurisdictions, serving our global customers. His leadership has been instrumental in steering the company to market leadership positions in key economies, establishing STT GDC as a prominent player in the global data centre industry.

An industry veteran with over 30 years of experience in the telecommunications and data centre industry, Bruno was recently awarded The Tech Capital’s 2024 Global Digital Infrastructure Leader Award recognising his dedication, expertise, and innovation in shaping the future of digital infrastructure and technology.

Bruno’s track record includes founding roles as the CEO and Executive Director of Keppel Data Centres where he played a key role in building up the company's growth and expansion across Asia and Europe. He also established the Securus Data Property Fund, an investment fund focused on data centre assets in the Asia-Pacific region, Europe, and the Middle East, which later merged with Keppel Data Centres' assets during the company's SGX REIT listing.

Bruno holds a Bachelor of Arts degree with Honours from the National University of Singapore and a Master’s degree from Rutgers University, USA. 

Jonathan King is Group Chief Strategy and Investment Officer of ST Telemedia Global Data Centres (STT GDC). In this role, he is responsible for leading the growth of STT GDC into new regions in addition to managing the existing portfolio of investments. Since joining STT GDC, Jonathan has been leading the establishment and expansion of STT GDC’s high quality platforms across 11 geographies with significant presence in Asia and Europe.

Prior to joining STT GDC, Jonathan was instrumental in the formation and operation of Securus Data Property Fund (Securus) where he was co-CEO. Securus was an investment fund that developed a portfolio of high quality data centres across Asia Pacific and Europe. This business has since been listed on the SGX as Keppel DC REIT (SGX: KDCREIT). Prior to this, Jonathan was an Associate Director at Macquarie Bank focused on real estate investment banking.

Jonathan has over 25 years of global investment experience in the data centre, finance, real estate and engineering industries. In the data centre space, he has led over US$3.0bn of transactions since 2011.

Jonathan holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering (Honours) from the University of Sydney, Australia and a Graduate Diploma of Finance and Investment from Financial Services Institute of Australasia (FINSIA). He is also a Graduate Member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors (AICD).

Nelson Lim is Group Chief Financial Officer of ST Telemedia Global Data Centres (STT GDC). He is responsible for the overall financial planning and management of the STT GDC group.

Prior to STT GDC, Nelson held various leadership roles in Dell at the country level (Singapore and USA), regional and global levels, where his last appointment was Finance Executive Director, Dell Global. During his 17 years with the company, Nelson oversaw financial controllership and investment strategy, as well as organisation restructuring and transformation. Prior to Dell, Nelson held financial and business leadership positions at Hewlett Packard and KPMG.

Nelson is an Accountancy graduate from Nanyang Technological University in Singapore and a certified Chartered Accountant.

Dan Pointon’s role as Group Chief Technology Officer (CTO) of ST Telemedia Global Data Centres (STT GDC) encompasses strategic leadership and oversight of the many technical aspects of our business including design, construction, operational excellence, safety, ESG and IT. Dan works closely with our partners and global platform companies to ensure we deliver consistency in our approach and technical excellence in all geographies.

Dan also heads-up our technology leadership to ensure STT GDC is best positioned to innovate and respond to the global mega-trends such as Climate Change, Industry 4.0, Cloud Computing, Digital Transformation and Internet of Things (IoT).

Dan’s career has included over 20 years in the engineering sector spanning Europe, Asia and Australia. He graduated from University of Adelaide in Australia, with a Bachelor of Engineering degree (with Honours) majoring in Electrical Engineering and Computer Systems. Prior to joining STT GDC, Dan was a Partner and Regional Director for consulting firm Hurley Palmer Flatt (now HDR) where he spent 13 years leading the firm’s delivery in the data centre sector.

With a background and passion in data centre engineering, Dan brings a new level of technical expertise to the STT GDC global platform.

As Group Chief Operating Officer, Thomas is responsible for helping drive the company’s strategic growth, optimising our operating capabilities and managing data centre assets across the Group.  Additionally, he provides leadership oversight for the Northeast Asia markets. 

Thomas brings a wealth of experience, having previously worked in businesses managed by the Macquarie Asset Management group across various roles, including board directorships and senior management positions at telecommunications and data centre businesses operating in the Asia Pacific region. In Taiwan, Thomas served as the CEO of Taiwan Broadband Communications (which was listed in Singapore in 2013) and later assumed the role of Executive Chairman. During his tenure, he successfully transformed various lines of businesses and operations across different regions into an integrated enterprise. Thomas also spent a decade with Starhub starting in 1997, where he last held the position of Senior Vice President, Cable, Fixed & IP Services.

Thomas holds a Bachelor’s degree in Electrical and Electronic Engineering and a Master’s degree in Mechanical Engineering from Nanyang Technological University.

Kiyoshi Maeda is Chief Executive Officer of ST Telemedia Global Data Centres (Japan). He is responsible for the overall direction and growth of STT GDC Japan, providing critical strategic, financial, and operational leadership. Prior to joining STT GDC, he was a key executive at NTT, having served over 20 years with the company across various leadership roles, where his last appointment was Senior Vice President of Strategic Investments, Corporate Strategy at NTT Ltd. London.

During his tenure with NTT, he led the company’s global M&A activities and sat on the Board of its various subsidiaries, including their data centre businesses.

Prior to NTT, he had also served as the President & CEO at Verio Inc, U.S.A., and spent years in the banking industry with LTCB Japan.

Kiyoshi Maeda holds an MBA from Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University, U.S.A.