Christopher Downie
Christopher Downie became a director upon the commencement of the trading of our units on Nasdaq. Mr. Downie has an over 30 years of experience in the digital infrastructure, data center, and telecommunications sectors in CEO, President, CFO and/or director roles at both public and private companies. His expertise includes capital strategy and formation, M&A integration, corporate strategy, and leading high-performance teams. He has collaborated with numerous private equity and infrastructure investors to support investment initiatives across several TMT industries. Mr. Downie is currently the Managing Partner at Welles Infrastructure Advisors, LLC, a digital infrastructure advisor firm. Mr. Downie served as Chief Executive Officer and director of Flexential Corp., a national data center, network and hybrid IT solutions provider, from October 2016 to October 2025, where he was responsible for setting the company’s strategic direction and guiding execution across all major functional priorities, including go-to-market, operations, customer and partner relationships, investor engagement, and long-term growth planning. He worked closely with the leadership team to ensure alignment across brand, financial strategy, and platform development. During his tenure, Mr. Downie guided the company through a period of significant data center and network expansion, positioning it as a trusted provider of secure, scalable hybrid IT infrastructure across North America. Under his leadership, the company deepened its presence in key markets, grew its national data center and network footprint, and strengthened its reputation with enterprise customers and industry partners. Prior to joining Flexential, Mr. Downie served in multiple roles as Chief Executive Officer, President and CFO, and director of Telx Holdings, a leading data center and interconnection provider from June 2007 to October 2015. He guided Telx Holdings through two successful private equity investment cycles and positioned the company for sale to a large strategic acquiror. Prior to Telx Holdings, Mr. Downie served in various roles as Principal Executive Officer, COO and CFO of Motient Corporation from April 2003 to October 2006, a public company that held significant interests in wireless spectrum in the U.S. and a development-stage satellite communications company. Mr. Downie has served on numerous boards including board roles at Flexential, Telx Holdings, Terrestar Networks, Transit Wireless and Upstack. He is an active participant in several industry advisory committees and councils. Earlier in his career, Mr. Downie had executive leadership experience in finance, operations, and infrastructure services, with earlier roles at Communications Capital Advisors, BroadStreet Communications, Daniels & Associates and Bear Stearns. Mr. Downie holds a bachelor’s degree in history from Dartmouth College and a master’s degree in international business from New York University.