TESTIMONIALS
I have worked with Ray and his team on dozens of projects over many years, including many leading edge initiatives impacting the data center sector. Their skillsets and in-depth knowledge of the data center industry are extremely complementary and synergistic to our internal teams and we place great value and trust in the work they perform. Their flexibility and capability to adapt and respond to our timelines and requirements was vital to the success of our projects.
Lex Coors
Chief Data Center Technology
and Engineering Officer
I have worked with Ray and his team over many years on a range of assignments including expansion proposals, acquisition evaluations, and power and property investment analyses. His team is highly knowledgeable, professional and is able to work with a high degree of independence. The team is a trusted advisor to Management.
Peter Knapp
Data Center Executive, EMEA
Cofinity Group served as the sole advisor on my behalf for the assessment and successful completion of a data center acquisition. His team brings a practical perspective enabling Management to have a high degree of confidence in the key assumptions and considerations in evaluating such opportunities, including critical financial, operational and infrastructure analysis.
Frederik Dewulf
Data Center Executive, EMEA
Ray and I have worked on a number of projects for a mutual client. This client is typical of the clients that engage Cofinity Group as they are looking for a niche expertise that they do not possess in-house. Ray's experience as a financial and operations executive allows him to quickly understand the firm's business model and assist the client in efficiently evaluating and project managing capital markets and M&A transactions. His clients get a high degree of comfort from and have complete confidence in his ability to direct transaction driven activity to minimize the operational distraction this time and labor intensive work can frequently cause.
Ron Belt
Managing Partner, Capitalmind
Den Bosch, The Netherlands
Ray and Rob were extremely helpful in assessing our expansion options in Greece. They have an immense knowledge of the data center business model and their experience enabled us to quickly evaluate our options and select an expansion recommendation to optimize our selection criteria to meet the forecasted customer demand and capacity delivery timelines.
Apostolos Kakkos,
Founder, CEO
and Chairman of Lamda Hellix
I had the chance to work with Cofinity Group on various projects spanning several years. Ray and his team bring a unique set of capabilities and experience which greatly supplements internal resources. The entire team is extremely dedicated, responsive and they always deliver exceptional service, often under very tight deadlines.
Richard Rowson,
Data Center CFO
Ray and his team have extensive knowledge of the data center sector. I had an opportunity to work with Cofinity Group on several capacity expansion projects and we relied greatly on their insight and input regarding the investment approach and relevant modeling which contributed directly to the success of the projects and to the significant growth for the Swiss business.
Hans Jörg Denzler
Data Center Executive, EMEA
I have worked with Ray on a number of transactions and am quite familiar with the level of experience he and his team offer their clients. Ray brings a unique perspective that his corporate clients can relate to. He has worked as a public company CFO, a Director on corporate boards and has served as an Audit Committee Chairman. This experience allows him to provide advice that resonates with his clients as it is highly financially and operationally focused and takes a more practical business view than ordinarily provided by bankers and other consultants that tend to have a more specialized orientation.
Devin Khosla
Four Poles Capital
New York
Cofinity Group provides an invaluable service in assisting organizations and management teams across a variety of projects and investment decisions. Given their unique corporate background, the Cofinity Group team brings practical insight, analysis and recommendations that highlight the key factors for executive management consideration.
Tanya Duncan
Data Center Executive, EMEA
During a first year SOX compliance engagement, I worked closely with the Cofinity Group team to help our mutual client achieve an effective management attestation. Their prior experience as financial executives in public companies and knowledge of the compliance process proved valuable to client discussions and ensuring proper prioritization and escalation of issues. The team members of the Cofinity Group had strong and successful relationships with senior management, the Audit Committee, external auditors and our team that supported the compliance efforts and a well coordinated and efficient process.
Leslie Coombs
Amsterdam, Protiviti
Confinity Group, under Ray’s leadership, was deeply involved in supporting our growth in the Nordics for over a decade. They were instrumental in assisting us in evaluating the data center market and developing expansion plans to optimize costs and capital to reflect projected customer demand. They were highly responsive in working closely and efficiently with our local teams in developing business cases for project approvals that were critical in increasing market share across our footprint.
Peder Bank,
Former Nordics Data Center Executive
I had the unique experience of working closely with Ray and Rob in evaluating data center expansion opportunities in several markets. Often, these projects involved data center builds in emerging EMEA markets where their knowledge and experience was particularly valuable and critical in developing the business cases in support of the investment opportunities.
Mike Hollands,
Former Data Center VP-Market Development
Ray's experience and the extensive involvement of his team, particularly regarding capital markets and M&A initiatives, were especially invaluable in my role as General Counsel. Their hands-on participation throughout every phase of the transactions was tremendously helpful in working seamlessly with the internal and external project teams.
Jaap Camman
Former Data Center
General Counsel, EMEA
As the lead banker for a complex mid-cap IPO, I worked very closely with Ray and his team, in coordinating the various activities required for a successful IPO. Ray was a key advisor to management and served a critical role in interfacing with the bankers, lawyers and other parties involved in the transaction. His experience in taking companies public, understanding the process, and his detailed knowledge of the firm's business model was a significant benefit to management as it made for an efficient use of management's time and they had great confidence in the guidance he provided.
Ho-Shik Lim
London, UK
I highly valued the detailed involvement of Ray and his team as they served to guide the Company through its massive growth cycle, with particular insight regarding financial reporting and investor relations matters. Their experience in having led public companies was extremely beneficial.
Thiem Schoonderbeek
Data Center CFO, EMEA
As a Managing Director in Leveraged Finance, I had the pleasure to work with Cofinity Group on several credit transactions. Ray serves an invaluable advisory role for his clients and brings a significant amount of expertise in capital markets and treasury operations. His clients depend on Ray and his team to assist them in assessing the options available and to run the process on behalf of management, typically when the management teams are less experienced in accessing the capital markets. His clients deeply appreciate his guidance and CFOs welcome the ability to consult with someone who has been in their position and looks at decisions from a corporate financial leader's perspective.
Andrew Shellard
London, UK
I had the opportunity to work closely with Ray and his team on many diverse projects, including M&A opportunity assessments, capital market transactions, investor relations activities and strategic customer pricing proposals, to name just a few. Their deep knowledge of the data centre industry, ability to evaluate the critical factors and develop models and recommendations for Management and Board approval were invaluable in support of our growth.
Kevin Dean
Former Data Centre Chief Marketing Officer, EMEA
I had the absolute pleasure of collaborating closely with Ray and Rob on numerous data center build assessments across multiple markets. Let me underscore their truly exceptional and fantastic knowledge of the African Data Center market! Their finance background, combined with their profound expertise across every aspect of the data center business model and operations, proved to be incredibly valuable. Their insights were instrumental in crafting recommendations and modeling business cases for expansion projects and the corresponding investments. Working with Ray and Rob was not just productive but also inspiring, given their remarkable understanding of the intricacies of the African Data Center landscape.
Torsten Stuhl,
Former VP Design & Construction EMEA