Pacnet has appointed Michael Xu as CEO of its equity joint venture in China, Pacnet Business Solutions (PBS). Based in Shenzhen, he will drive the company's expansion plan and lead the PBS team in grasping the tremendous opportunities presented in the China data centre and networking market.

 

Xu has more than 25 years' experience in the IT and data centre industry and was previously senior vice president at GDS Services responsible for sales, marketing, solutions and government relations.  Prior to that, he worked with Dell for more than seven years where he was most recently the general manager of China medium business. He also held several senior positions in global technology companies including Sun Microsystems, Oracle and Motorola.

 

Pacnet has also appointed Henry Lam as vice-chairman of the PBS board of directors. He has served as the CEO for PBS for the past six years. He will now focus on deepening the company's relationships with key government institutions and local telecommunications companies in China for strategic business development.