About the Committee

The Investments & ESG Committee brings together the work of the Council's former Investors, Sustainability and Diversity, Equity & Inclusion committees under a single structure, reflecting how closely capital, environmental performance and social responsibility are now linked in digital infrastructure.

The Committee provides a forum for investors, operators and industry experts to examine the financial and non-financial factors shaping fibre and data centre investment across Europe. Its scope spans the investment landscape and financing conditions for network rollout, the environmental footprint and sustainability credentials of fibre infrastructure, and the governance and diversity practices that support a resilient, competitive industry.

By combining these perspectives, the Committee aims to give members a clearer view of how ESG considerations influence investment decisions,  and how the sector can demonstrate its value to the investors, policymakers and stakeholders who rely on that evidence.

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Panel 12 - Fibre Business to Business market

As digital transformation accelerates across industries, demand for high-capacity, low-latency connectivity is reshaping the fibre business-to-business (B2B) market. Enterprises, cloud providers, and data-intensive sectors are increasingly relying on fibre infrastructure to support mission-critical operations, hybrid work, and rapidly growing data traffic.

This panel brings together industry leaders from Opensignal, Covage, 1&1 Versatel, Colt Technology Services, and Eurofiber to explore how the B2B fibre market is evolving.

The discussion will examine the growing connectivity needs of enterprises, the role of fibre in supporting cloud and data centre ecosystems, and the strategies operators are adopting to deliver scalable, secure, and high-performance services. Panellists will also address competition, wholesale models, and new opportunities emerging from AI-driven data demand and digital infrastructure investment.

A forward-looking discussion on how fibre networks are becoming the backbone of Europe’s enterprise connectivity landscape.


Speakers:

  • Avijit Singh - Chief Strategy Officer at COLT
  • Borislav Tadić - Chief Production Officer at 1&1 Versatel
  • Denis Tessier - Marketing Director at COVAGE
  • Phaedra Kortekaas - Managing Director at Eurofiber Netherlands
  • Moderated by Sylwia Kechiche - Vice President Industry Analysis at OpenSignal