Ferhan Gunen

Ferhan Gunen, Vice President of UK Operations in Equinix, joined the company in 2023. In her current role, Ferhan leads the 13 data centres across UK critical facilities and the customer operations with 24x7 availability. 

Prior to that, Ferhan led Network Investments in EMEA at Facebook(Meta). Focus of this role was to ensure Meta had the right strategy and execution connectivity within and between Europe, the Middle East, and Africa. This meant her team was leading in developing subsea cable infrastructure spanning the Atlantic, Mediterranean, and Indian Oceans, as well as enhancing terrestrial fibre connectivity across the EMEA region.

With a career spanning over 20 years, Ferhan began as a Network Planning Engineer following her studies in Electronics and Telecommunications Engineering. Since then, she has held numerous roles in network engineering, deployment, and operations with various mobile operators across multiple countries. Ferhan resides in the UK with her husband and their two sons, aged 9 and 19.