2025 Judges Panel

The judging panel is comprised of highly experienced and internationally respected telecoms, media and technology industry, finance and advisory professionals. They provide robust scrutiny of awards nominations, and assess and grade all nominations taking into account their expertise and relevance to the latest market conditions and opportunities.


 

  • Richard S. Lukaj

    Richard S. Lukaj
    Managing Member
    Bank Street
  • Garrett Baker

    Garrett Baker
    Global Co-Head, Telecom & Digital Infrastructure
    Lazard
  • Daniel DeAlmeida

    Daniel DeAlmeida
    Head of US & European C&M Group Investment Banking
    TD Securities
  • Dan Mendelow

    Dan Mendelow
    Senior Managing Director
    Evercore
  • Jason Hill

    Jason Hill
    Managing Director
    Houlihan Lokey
  • Alexander Ramirez

    Alexander Ramirez
    Senior Managing Director, TMT
    Guggenheim Partners
  • Kemal Hawa

    Kemal Hawa
    Partner
    Kirkland & Ellis
  • Gabriel Silva

    Gabriel Silva
    Partner
    Simpson Thacher
  • Ravi Purohit

    Ravi Purohit
    Partner
    Paul, Weiss
  • Denis Lafarge

    Denis Lafarge
    US Managing Partner
    PMP Strategy
  • Mario Quijada

    Mario Quijada
    Partner
    Altman Solon
  • Marc Ganzi

    Marc Ganzi
    Chief Executive Officer
    DigitalBridge
  • Emily Azer

    Emily Azer
    Director
    GI Partners
  • Jan Vesely

    Jan Vesely
    Partner
    EQT
  • Kanan Joshi

    Kanan Joshi
    Partner, Co-Head of North America & Head of Digital Infrastructure
    CVC-DIF
  • Waldemar Szlezak

    Waldemar Szlezak
    Partner, Global Head of Digital Infrastructure
    KKR
  • Quynh Tran

    Quynh Tran
    Deputy Head, Global Structured Finance, Americas and Head, Infrastructure Finance, NA
    SMBC
  • Santhosh Rao

    Santhosh Rao
    Managing Director
    MUFG
  • Laura Fazio

    Laura Fazio
    Managing Director, TMT Banking
    Huntington Bank
  • Madonna Park

    Madonna Park
    Chief Financial Officer
    Switch
  • SherAfgan Mehboob

    SherAfgan Mehboob
    President & Chief Financial Officer
    Tillman Digital CitiesĀ 
  • Ana Carolina Oliveira

    Ana Carolina Oliveira
    Head of TMT & Healthcare for ING Americas, Managing Director
    ING