Matthew Baynes is the Vice President, Strategic Partners, Cloud & Service Provider Segment of Schneider Electric. He has over 20 years of experience within the IT, data centre and manufacturing industries, and today manages a global team that focuses on building strategic relationships and partnerships with the company’s design and construction partners.

Matthew is an experienced commercial individual, who works across the organisation to influence the company’s growth strategy and its data centre lifecycle offers, while helping to address new market trends and enhance customer acquisition strategies.

This includes identifying collaborative opportunities for mutual growth, while closely aligning with regional and global customers, helping them to grow, scale into new regions and meet the ever-evolving demands of the industry.

As a Board Member of the European Data Centre Association (EUDCA) and a member of techUK’s prestigious Data Centre Technical Council, Matthew is dedicated to helping cloud, hyperscale and colocation service providers design, build and operate sustainable digital infrastructure.