Alexandra Schless appointed CEO of The Datacenter Group/NLDC combination
Alexandra Schless is the Chief Executive Officer of the new company created by the merger of The Datacenter Group and NLDC. Majority shareholder DWS announced this news today. Schless will head up the integration of the two businesses.
DWS announced the takeover of the two data centre businesses earlier this year. The German asset manager also announced today that the takeover of NLDC, previously part of telecommunications firm KPN, has been finalised. The merger of the two businesses will create the largest regional independent data centre company in the Netherlands, at 50,000m2 in size. DWS also announced today that the British technology entrepreneur Michael Tobin has been appointed Chairman of the Supervisory Board of the new company.
Schless: “I’m looking forward to being part of the experienced team in place at the start of this new company, with clients including large corporates, government authorities, cloud and IT service providers, and smaller businesses. Our presence in various towns and cities across the Netherlands means we can offer our clients an excellent level so services nationwide. The company will offer a wide range of date centre services, and advise and support clients in the digital transformation towards a cloud environment.”
A Dutch national, Schless previously held positions such as Vice President Global Accounts, Networks an Channel EMEA at Equinix and Vice President Western Europe and Managing Director Netherlands at the TelecityGroup. Thanks to these positions, she has built up extensive experience and expertise in the data centre sector.
Harold d’Hauteville, Head of European Infrastructure at DWS: “We’re delighted to be able to present Alexandra as CEO. With her years of experience and forward-thinking vision, she is the ideal person to immediately bring the new company to a high level. We’re very ambitious, and she will certainly help us to realise these ambitions.”

Latest Jobs
-
- Threat and Vulnerability Analyst / Penetration Tester. London
- London
- 55000
-
Threat and Vulnerability Analyst / Penetration tester needed. Threat and Vulnerability Analyst needed. Immediate opportunity. Must be able to commute to London min 2 days a week. The individual will join a highly technical team that is responsible for identifying vulnerabilities and threat in various applications / coding with a view of driving remediation and change. This is a critical role. The ability to achieve SC clearance is a must. A deeply technical Linux Redhat background with, penetration testing / code review / threat detection background is essential. Looking to hire immediately. Apply today for more information.
-
- Security Auditor / 3rd Party Assurance. London. End user
- London
- 60000
-
Security Auditor / 3rd Party Assurance. London. End user The Security Auditor / 3rd Party Assurance role has two key functions. Manage the ongoing assessment of new and existing 3rd party suppliers to ensure they meet the internal policies / controls. (Reassessment etc) Internal Auditing across business to ensure various departemnt / operations are compliant and inline with internal ISMS etc. ISO 27001 internal audit experience, creation of audit reports experinece essential. This is an internal business so broad experience across a multiple technology environment (cloud and on prem) is highly desirable. MUST be able to engage and work with senior stakeholders in an often faced pace environment. ISO27001, NIST, CISSP, CISA Risk assessment experinece needed This is a permanent role.. Blend of technical and consultative approach needed. This role will require someone to travel to London a few days a week once lock down permits and their offices fully reopen. All details kept in confidence. Apply today to find out more.
-
- Security Auditor / 3rd Party Assurance. London. End user
- London
- 60000
-
Security Auditor / 3rd Party Assurance. London. End user The Security Auditor / 3rd Party Assurance role has two key functions. Manage the ongoing assessment of new and existing 3rd party suppliers to ensure they meet the internal policies / controls. (Reassessment etc) Internal Auditing across business to ensure various departemnt / operations are compliant and inline with internal ISMS etc. ISO 27001 internal audit experience, creation of audit reports experinece essential. This is an internal business so broad experience across a multiple technology environment (cloud and on prem) is highly desirable. MUST be able to engage and work with senior stakeholders in an often faced pace environment. ISO27001, NIST, CISSP, CISA Risk assessment experinece needed This is a permanent role.. Blend of technical and consultative approach needed. This role will require someone to travel to London a few days a week once lock down permits and their offices fully reopen. All details kept in confidence. Apply today to find out more.
-
- Head of Penetration Testing, UK based, Flexible location.
- United Kingdom
- Upto £100,000 plus excellent benefits
-
Head of Penetration Testing needed to join a security consultancy that are delivering client facing penetration testing services around Web app and Infrastructure. Looking for someone hands on that is able to manage a highly skilled technical team of testers. 50-60% of the time is expected to be hands on, other duties will include, but not be limited to; leading and managing the day to day running of the team, mentoring, team upskill, recruitment, reporting, escalation, process improvement etc. Flexible location although south east is preferred. Anyone with Check / CREST experience is highly desirable. MUST be able to achieve SC clearance. UK based role. All details kept in confidence.