Philip Wessels is a telecommunications executive who serves as Chief Executive Officer of Open Fibre in Johannesburg, South Africa.
Open Fibre builds digital infrastructure platforms into multi-tenant Commercial Real Estate. Philip has been leading company growth and development at Open Fibre for five years. He has also co-founded NTRL (pronounced Neutral), a third-party digital infrastructure provider enabling neutral host solutions to South African mobile network operators.
Before joining Open Fibre, Philip led as Chief Operating Officer at start-up business, Rain, where he was responsible for building their wholesale business. Rain is a mobile network operator and the first commercial standalone 5G network in Africa.
On his return to his native South Africa after seven years in the UK, Philip moved from the corporate world to telecommunications when he joined telecoms business Hymax SA as an Investor and Executive. Hymax, an SME-focused Internet Service Provider, was subsequently acquired by the EOH Group.
Philip honed his financial skills during his five years at...Philip Wessels is a telecommunications executive who serves as Chief Executive Officer of Open Fibre in Johannesburg, South Africa.
Open Fibre builds digital infrastructure platforms into multi-tenant Commercial Real Estate. Philip has been leading company growth and development at Open Fibre for five years. He has also co-founded NTRL (pronounced Neutral), a third-party digital infrastructure provider enabling neutral host solutions to South African mobile network operators.
Before joining Open Fibre, Philip led as Chief Operating Officer at start-up business, Rain, where he was responsible for building their wholesale business. Rain is a mobile network operator and the first commercial standalone 5G network in Africa.
On his return to his native South Africa after seven years in the UK, Philip moved from the corporate world to telecommunications when he joined telecoms business Hymax SA as an Investor and Executive. Hymax, an SME-focused Internet Service Provider, was subsequently acquired by the EOH Group.
Philip honed his financial skills during his five years at Deutsche Bank in London where he managed some of their largest Hedge Fund clients within the Global Prime Finance portfolio.
He started his career as a Global Commodities Analyst with Barclays Investment Bank in London and followed that up with time at Merrill Lynch, working within the Institutional Equities business.
Philip graduated from Stellenbosch University with a BCom degree, majoring in Economics and Management Science.moreless
Rain is a mobile telecommunications business in South Africa providing internet and mobile network services and the first commercial standalone 5G network in Africa.
Deutsche Bank AG is a German investment bank and global financial services business predominantly in Europe, the Americas & Asia. Philip managed some of their largest Hedge Fund clients within the Global Prime Finance portfolio.
Phil contributed to a discussion between CEOs of fibre network operators considering how the provision of fibre to every citizen could impact on the growth of the African economy.
