AUSTIN,
Texas, April 24, 2024 /PRNewswire/
-- Digital Realty (NYSE: DLR), the largest global
provider of cloud- and carrier-neutral data center, colocation and
interconnection solutions, announced today that Susan Swanezy, a 30-year veteran of
institutional real estate and infrastructure private capital
raising, has been appointed to the company's Board of Directors as
an independent director, effective April 23,
2024.
"We are delighted to welcome Susan to our Board of Directors,"
said Mary Hogan Preusse, Chair of
the Board of Directors. "Susan brings invaluable experience and
relationships in capital formation that should prove particularly
helpful as we further evolve the strategic private capital funding
model that we architected and accelerated last
year."
Ms. Swanezy began her 30-plus year career as a real estate
investment banker and later focused on real estate investment
management. She recently retired from her role as a Partner of
Hodes Weill & Associates where
she led the firm's Infrastructure and other Real Assets
initiatives, raised capital for real estate strategies, and was a
member of the firm's Operating Committee. Previously, Ms. Swanezy
was an executive at Credit Suisse, Stockbridge Capital Partners and
Deutsche Bank, where she played a leading role in the firm's
acquisition of RREEF and worked with institutional investors across
a variety of real estate investment strategies and vehicles
following the acquisition.
Ms. Swanezy serves on the Board of Directors of AvalonBay
Communities, Inc. and is the Chair of its Nominating, Governance
and Corporate Responsibility Committee. She is also a current
member of the Pension Real Estate Association and WX Women
Executives in Real Estate. Ms. Swanezy joins Digital Realty's
Board following the departure of Alexis
Black Bjorlin last year, returning the Board to nine
directors.
"It's a privilege to join the Digital Realty Board," said
Swanezy. "Digital Realty is a global leader in the dynamic and
expanding data center sector. I'm excited to
help PlatformDIGITAL® capitalize on the large and growing
opportunity that lies ahead."
About Digital Realty
Digital Realty brings companies
and data together by delivering the full spectrum of data center,
colocation and interconnection solutions. PlatformDIGITAL®, the
company's global data center platform, provides customers with a
secure data meeting place and a proven Pervasive Datacenter
Architecture (PDx®) solution methodology for powering innovation
and efficiently managing Data Gravity challenges. Digital Realty
gives its customers access to the connected communities that matter
to them with a global data center footprint of 300+ facilities in
50+ metros across 25+ countries on six continents. To learn more
about Digital Realty, please visit digitalrealty.com or
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For Additional Information
Investor Relations
Jordan
Sadler / Jim Huseby
Digital Realty
+1 737 281 0101
InvestorRelations@digitalrealty.com
Media Contacts
Helen
Bleasdale
Digital Realty
+1 737 267 6822
hcbleasdale@digitalrealty.com
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