Clément Martineau
IX AFRICA EXECUTIVE BIO
Clément Martineau
TITLE : CO-FOUNDER AND OPERATIONS DIRECTOR
Clément Martineau brings to IXAfrica
Real Estate , Construction and Data Centre expertise together with East Africa market knowledge . He managed the Real Estate portfolio of Orange Telkom and lead the construction projects of the third largest Telecom operator in Kenya .
Among the projects he worked on was the construction of a submarine fibre optic cable landing station ( terminal " LION 2 " connecting Kenya and Mayotte ). Clement was also project manager of the refurbishment of some data center ' s in Kenya and worked on the electrical optimization of the most important technical buildings of the operator .
He was the General Manager of Lighthouse Property Company , a diversified Real Estate Development and Management firm , associated to Chase Bank ( Kenya ). Running the day-to-day operations , developing opportunities , leading and supervising all the projects from residential to commercial .
Together with other business executives who share a long-term attachment to the African economic landscape , and an entrepreneurial vision , founded Nelion Partners Ltd in March 2015 , a scalable investment platform focusing on a variety of investment opportunities across sub- Saharan Africa . Nelion takes advantage of the strong macro-economic and demographic drivers of African markets to deliver superior returns to a globally based network of investors .
Clément holds an engineering degree in Building Economics from Paris St Lambert , a reputable French building school .
“ We will be the biggest data centre in East Africa by far when the project is completed ”
CLEMENT MARTINEAU CO-FOUNDER AND OPERATIONS DIRECTOR , IXAFRICA