Manish Prakash

Former President & Chief Business Officer at BDx Data Centres

Speaker

Manish has a track Record of accomplishment of 25+ years of executive leadership in building sustainable organizations from inception and leading businesses through driving vision and implementing innovative programs in global markets.

In his recent assignment, Manish was the President and Chief Business Officer at BDx, one of the fastest growing digital infrastructure platform in Asia – owned by I Squared Capital, a leading Digital Infrastructure private equity investor in APAC. Prior to BDx, Manish also served as the Asia-Pacific Managing Director for Microsoft’s Regulated Industries - Energy, Critical Infrastructure, Healthcare, Education and Public Sector. He led the formulation, execution and implementation of digital transformation strategies and initiatives to create new markets/sectors for cloud, data and AI platforms for Asia-Pacific.

Before Microsoft, Manish served as the SVP & Head of Telenor Global Enterprise division and led the B2B/Enterprise business across Nordic countries, Central Europe and Asia. He led the diversification of the Telenor Group’s core connectivity business into emerging areas of Cloud, IoT, Cybersecurity and Enterprise Mobility. Manish also served as the Chairman of Telenor Cloud Services ASA. Previously, Manish served as the President of Airtel Business in South Asia. Additionally, he served on the Board of Nxtra Data Services, a top 5 Data Center firm in India. Manish has also held leadership roles with IBM, Accenture, Tech Mahindra and SK Group (Korea).

Manish is an MBA from INSEAD and has competed leadership programs at Harvard Business School. He also co-founded Indian Chamber of Commerce in Korea, an agency that promotes bilateral relationships and trade between India and South Korea and is an ex-member of Australian Institute of Company Directors (AICD). Manish also serves on the advisory board of Sustainable Development at Asian Development Bank (ADB) and Ecosystm.