Adaire Fox-Martin becomes the 11th member of Equinix's board as the data centre giant recently announced her appointment.

As well as Equinix (NASDAQ: EQIX) appointing Fox-Martin to its Board of Directors, she will also serve as a member of the Board's Nominating Committee.

With a career in the information technology sector that spans more than a quarter century, Fox-Martin has served in leadership positions across Asia-Pacific, Europe and the Americas in sales, business development, consulting and education.

Presently, she is a member of the Executive Board of SAP SE, leading Global Customer Operations, and she is responsible for SAP's sales organisation across the globe, with a resolute focus on the success of over 400,000 customers and over 14,000 employees worldwide.

Fox-Martin's leadership has been recognised for strengthened customer relationships, strategic partnerships and co-innovation projects that have improved customer value and customer success.

Equinix mentioned that she is responsible for a number of transformation initiatives at SAP, including those that have been critical to SAP's shift to the cloud, and the creation of a new organisation called Customer First.

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As President, Asia-Pacific and Japan for SAP from 2014-2017, Fox-Martin ran the company's multifunctional sales and operations organisations.

Prior to SAP, Fox-Martin held various roles at Oracle during her 15-year tenure at the company. As Vice President of Government Education and Healthcare, she was responsible for the success of the business unit, with over 160 sales, business development and solution professionals in 24 countries.

She also founded the SAP One Billion Lives Ventures-a social intrapreneurship program focused on improving the lives of one billion people around the world.

In 2019, Fox-Martin was named to Fortune Magazine's Top 50 Most Powerful Women International List for the third time running.

'Throughout her career, Adaire has been a passionate advocate for helping businesses realize greater value through technology, especially in the enterprise sector,' said Peter Van Camp, Executive Chairman, Equinix.

'Her leadership at two of the top global technology providers, combined with her background in championing social responsibility initiatives, positions her well to contribute to the future direction of Equinix as we advance our role as the trusted advisor to our 10,000 customers, helping them optimise their businesses in an increasingly digital world.'

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