Russell Poole joins The UK Newspaper

Russell Poole joined Equinix as Managing Director for the UK in 2007 through the acquisition of IXeurope where he ran the UK business since April 2000. Russell has extensive experience in the UK telecommunications and internet industries and worked with global financial institutions to enable their electronic trading infrastructure in London and to/from other key markets. Since joining Equinix he has overseen the growth of the UK company and has recently taken responsibility for Equinix’s Nordics business.

From 1998 to 2000, Russell was a director of MessageNet Ltd, an internet security and messaging security provider. Responsible for sales and operations, he also led the development of eScan, Europe’s first e-mail virus and content control service. In October 1999, MessageNet was acquired by Articon-Integralis AG. Between 1993 and 1998, Russell was the National Sales Manager for General Telecom, the business telecom division of General Cable PLC.

Russell attended Nottingham University, where he studied Production Engineering and commenced his managerial career at Coca-Cola and Schweppes, where he enjoyed a successful career as a National Account Manager.

Russell will be contributing a regular column to The UK Newspaper starting from next week.