Chayora Holdings Limited, an international investor, developer and operator of hyperscale data centre campuses in China, has appointed James Wei as its new CEO.
James Wei joins Chayora from XForwardAI where he served as CEO. Prior to that, James spent 22 years at China Telecom where he held a number of senior executive roles in China and the US. Following his successful career at China Telecom James then was a board member and vice president of business development for SSE-listed Teamsun.
James is joined by Wing Dar Ker, whowill leadChayora’s government relations and further strengthen the executive team. Wing was formerly the CEO of BlueCloud, the cloud services arm of 21 Vianet and was previously a senior executive at Microsoft.
Chayora’s two Co-Founders, Oliver Jones and Jonathan Berney will both be stepping back from full time executive roles and will continue to support the company as board advisors. The Board of Chayora Holdingsthanks them for the great platform that they have been instrumental in creating and looks forward to their continued support in their Board advisory roles.
Randy Brouckman, Chairman, Chayora commented: “We look forward to an exciting new chapter for Chayoraas it focuses on the immediate and growing China market opportunities. Given James’ extensivecommercial experience and relationships in China together with his global leadership experience, we are well positioned to realize the great potential Chayora and the China market continues to offer.”
James Wei, incoming CEO of Chayora highlights: “The development of digital China and artificial intelligence provides a strong driving force for IDC’s next development. I’m excited to join Chayora at this moment and lead the team to provide world-class services to Chinese customers, making Chayora an important force in the IDC market.”
“The challenges of 2022 are now behind us and the exciting re-opening of China this year enables us to take the next important step in developing Chayora to be a significant and successful leader in the IDC market in China. We have needed to strengthen our executive leadership to reflect the reality of the China market and I am delighted to welcome James Wei into the business to take on this role and to support him in succeeding.” said Oliver Jones, Co-Founder, Chayora.
