NEXTDC Limited announced the appointment of Mrs. Maria Leftakis to Board as Non-Executive Director, effective 24 August 2023. Mrs. Leftakis is recognised as an industry leader in shareholder engagement and corporate governance advisory, having worked with both domestic and international companies in Australia for over 25 years. She offers deep commercial and industry expertise having founded and led a number of successful stakeholder advisory businesses.

She is currently the Chair of Morrow Sodali, Asia Pacific, one of the largest global shareholder and governance advisory firms. In this role, Mrs. Leftakis is also responsible for advising on acquisitions and growth opportunities. Prior to this, she was the firm's CEO for Asia Pacific and a member of the global Executive Committee, responsible for the groups business performance and growth strategy. As the Managing Director of a number of shareholder advisory businesses, including Georgeson Shareholder Communications (2000 - 2006, acquired by Computershare Limited) and Global Proxy Solicitation Pty Ltd. (2006 - 2017, acquired by Morrow Sodali), Mrs. Leftakis has become one of the leading advisors in this space, using her entrepreneurial experience to advise many ASX listed companies on issues including M&A, demergers, activism response and capital restructures.

Maria holds a Bachelor of Economics (Finance and Accounting) from the University of Sydney as well as an Executive Master of Business Administration from the Australian Graduate School of Management, University of New South Wales. Maria is also a member of the Australia Institute of Company Directors.