Sustainability Magazine April 2023 | Page 103

EXA INFRASTRUCTURE
GEORGI LESOV TITLE : NETWORK INVESTMENT MANAGER
COMPANY : EXA INFRASTRUCTURE
The focus of Lesov ’ s team is on strategic network investments , with Lesov looking after the CEE and Nordic regions . Lesov is also responsible for overseeing data centre interconnectivity with a global lens .
Dobrev ’ s role is the management of the colocation product line and supporting EXA ’ s growth strategy in the colocation market space . Since launch , EXA has connected – or is in the process of connecting – tens of new strategic data centres across Europe and North America , with the former spanning considerably beyond the region ’ s traditional markets .

EXECUTIVE BIO

Georgi Lesov is currently a
Network Investment Manager within EXA Infrastructure , and is focused on CEE as a region , but also DC-to-DC connectivity globally . Georgi has been with the company long before it became EXA . He joined , back in 2016 , what was then Interoute . Over the past 7 years , he has spent time in Operations , Access , Product and most recently , Strategic Investments – the latter he describes as the most exciting position yet . Prior to that , he was a Project Manager for a local software company and before that was backpacking his way through South-East Asia . Interesting fact – Georgi also graduated from South Bank University in London with a BA in International Politics . He did his MA in European Public Policy at King ’ s College London .