Board of Directors
Brett Lindsey, Chief Executive Officer, Everstream
Brett Lindsey has served as CEO of Everstream since 2014. Under his leadership, Everstream has grown from a 2,500-route-mile fiber network to more than 25,000 route miles of fiber. In 2018, Mr. Lindsey facilitated the sale of Everstream to AMP Capital, a global investment manager headquartered in London. With this investment, Everstream expanded its network into five new markets, including Chicago, Columbus, Indianapolis, Milwaukee and St. Louis, and closed strategic acquisitions in Detroit, Indianapolis and St. Louis. Through the prior acquisitions of Great Lakes Comnet (GLC) and Comlink in June 2016 and Lynx Network Group in February 2017, Mr. Lindsey more than tripled the size of the organization within less than 12 months. Previously as Chief Operations Officer of OneCommunity, Mr. Lindsey oversaw the $100 million expansion of the network that later became Everstream. Mr. Lindsey brings more than 25 years of experience in successful operations management and business development efforts for venture-backed organizations to the Fortune 500. He has extensive experience in the telecom industry, having served as President of Elantic Telecom and Chief Operations Officer of Vox Mobile. Mr. Lindsey also held management positions with City Signal Communications, Qwest Communications, XO Communications and Williams Communication Systems.
Jeff Gaillard, MBA, Senior Advisor, Communications, North America, AMP Capital
Jeff Gaillard is an accomplished entrepreneur and corporate executive with more than 20 years of experience growing technology businesses, including work with Fortune 500 companies, startups, consulting firms and private equity firms. Mr. Gaillard is currently a Senior Advisor at AMP Capital. Previously he served as Chief Marketing Officer for Flexential, a leading provider of North American data center and cloud solutions. He also served as President of Zayo Colocation and led the European and North American colocation and fiber businesses at Level 3 Communications. Mr. Gaillard serves on the boards of Everstream, Expedient, and Bonfire Engineering & Construction. He also is an Adjunct Professor in the Information and Communications Technology graduate degree program at the University of Denver. Mr. Gaillard earned an MBA with high distinction from the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College and is a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of Dartmouth College.
Sam Sixt, Investment Director, AMP Capital
Sam Sixt is an Investment Director with AMP Capital. He was responsible for the acquisitions of both Everstream and Expedient, AMP Capital’s North American fiber optic and data center platforms. In addition to transaction origination and execution, he is actively involved in the day to day asset management responsibilities for both Everstream and Expedient and sits on the boards of each. Mr. Sixt has been with AMP Capital for four years with a primary focus on the telecommunications sector. He started his career as an analyst in the Investment Banking arm of Macquarie Group, Macquarie Capital, within their Infrastructure Team in New York. Mr. Sixt holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Finance from the McCombs School of Business at the University of Texas at Austin.
Damian Stanley, Partner, Co-Chair & Head of Asia, Infrastructure Equity
Damian Stanley is a Partner, Head of AMP Capital’s Infrastructure Equity business in Asia and also Head of AMP Capital’s Global Airports Group. Mr. Stanley joined AMP Capital in 2015 and has led key investments including in ESVAGT, Leeds Bradford Airport and London Luton Airport, as well as the divestment of CLH. Mr. Stanley has over 20 years of experience in the financial services industry having started his career at PwC in London as a Chartered Accountant and then as a Corporate Financier with Commerzbank Securities. Mr. Stanley has extensive experience leading transactions and managing assets within the infrastructure space, with a predominant focus on the transport sector. He was most recently a director of the Australian board of Whitehelm Capital and Chairman of its UK subsidiary board. Previous roles have included Head of Infrastructure Investment Advisory, EMEA at Morgan Stanley and Managing Director, Macquarie Infrastructure and Real Assets at Macquarie Group in Sydney and London. Mr. Stanley holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Mathematics from the University of Bristol, United Kingdom.
Investor
AMP Capital
AMP Capital is a specialist global investment manager with A$187.7 billion in funds under management as of December 31, 2017, and more than 250 investment professionals. AMP Capital has a heritage and strength in real estate and infrastructure, and specialist expertise in fixed income, equities and multi-asset solutions. It is a subsidiary of AMP Limited, which was established in 1849, and is one of Australia’s largest retail and corporate pension providers. For more information, visit ampcapital.com.au.
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