Digital Realty, a global provider of cloud- and carrier-neutral data center, colocation and interconnection solutions, has appointed Serene Nah as managing director, head of Asia Pacific. 

“Nah will lead Digital Realty’s Asia Pacific team to continue to broaden the reach of its global data center platform and deliver the value of PlatformDigitalTM, the world’s largest meeting place for companies, technologies and data, to the region,” the company said in a statement.

Nah brings extensive experience in pan-Asia infrastructure real estate and technology investment to Digital Realty. 

She joins Digital Realty from Kerry Properties, where she was executive director and chief financial officer (CFO) in charge of finance, corporate development, strategy, and operations. 

Prior to that role, she was head of portfolio management in Asia for Silverlake Partners, a global technology private equity firm. Nah honed her skills in finance, mergers and acquisitions and business transformation in various roles with General Electric over 10 years. Her last role at GE was CFO of GE Capital Greater China.

“Serene’s breadth of financial advisory experience and knowledge across real estate and technology industries will greatly augment our capabilities in the region as we continue to grow and provide the global platform that is the bedrock of our customers’ digital initiatives globally,” said Digital Realty president and chief executive officer Andy Power.

“It is an exciting time to join Digital Realty’s team in what is set to become the largest data center region in the world. I look forward to working with our partners, customers, and team to drive growth and broaden our offerings to support the emerging needs of the Asia Pacific region and enable the world’s continued digital transformation,” added Nah.

Nah graduated from The Nanyang Technological University Singapore with a Bachelor’s degree in Business and has an executive MBA from Kellogg-HKUST. She will be based in Singapore.