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Alok Garodia joins FLOW as Chief Financial Officer to drive growth
FLOW Digital Infrastructure has appointed Alok Garodia as Chief Financial Officer, bringing more than two decades of financial leadership experience to its management team.
Mr. Garodia assumes the role with immediate effect, having previously served as Chief Financial Officer at Prime Venture Partners, a global venture capital fund. During his career, Mr. Garodia has also held senior financial positions at internationally recognised companies such as Nokia, Nike and Lenovo. His background as a Chartered Accountant and his experience span numerous sectors and geographies, with an emphasis on financial strategy, operational efficiency, and growth management across the Asia Pacific region.
The appointment was confirmed by Sanjay Goel, Chief Executive Officer of FLOW. Mr. Goel commented on the arrival of Mr. Garodia, stating: We are delighted to welcome Alok to our leadership team. His vision and strategic financial leadership will be instrumental in contributing to FLOW's growth ambitions and strengthening our position as a top-tier digital infrastructure provider in Asia Pacific. With Alok's track record, we are confident our finance function will elevate operational excellence to support sustainable value creation.
FLOW Digital Infrastructure is a developer and operator of data centres in Asia Pacific. The firm, whose digital infrastructure platform is supported by PAG, an alternative investment management company focused on the Asia Pacific region, has been expanding its presence and operations since being founded in 2021. PAG manages over USD $55 billion in assets under management and has investments across private equity, real assets, and credit and markets businesses.
Alongside Mr. Garodia's appointment, FLOW has made recent investments in its senior leadership, with Sanjay Goel appointed as Chief Executive Officer, Andrew Oon as Chief Commercial Officer, and Onno Reijgersberg as Chief Business Operations Officer. These moves are part of FLOW's efforts to accelerate its current expansion and the next phase of its organisational growth.
The company recently made public the build-out of a new data centre in the Central Tokyo area, reflecting its commitment to expanding data centre capacity in key regional markets. FLOW's portfolio now includes eleven assets located across Japan, Korea, Philippines and Malaysia, with more than 170MW of current and planned IT capacity.
FLOW's business model involves investment in, development and operation of hyperscale, cloud and enterprise data centres, primarily targeting high-growth markets in Asia Pacific. The organisation's infrastructure solutions cover a range of mission-critical requirements for both core and edge computing requirements.
PAG, FLOW's parent company, has more than 790 employees working in 15 key offices globally, and provides FLOW with significant capital backing. The company's real assets strategy includes an existing portfolio of data centre assets, which align with FLOW's operational focus and regional market presence.
The leadership changes and new appointments are set against the backdrop of a rapidly evolving digital infrastructure landscape across Asia Pacific, with FLOW positioning itself to respond to growing demand for hyperscale data centre services from businesses and cloud providers.
