Dell Technologies has appointed David J. Grain, Founder and CEO of Grain Management, to its Board of Directors. Grain Management is a private equity firm focused on global investments in the media and communications sectors.
With the appointment of Grain, the Dell Technologies board of directors now seats eight directors, five of which are independent members, the statement said.
“David brings decades of leadership and highly relevant experience to help accelerate our growth strategy,” said Michael Dell, chairman and CEO, Dell Technologies. “He will play a key role in helping place Dell at the center of the multi-cloud world and at the center of customers’ digital transformation.”
Prior to founding Grain Management in 2007, he served as the president of Global Signal, one of the largest independent wireless communication tower companies at the time. Before that, he served as senior vice president of AT&T Broadband’s New England Region and spent more than a decade in the financial services industry, most recently at Morgan Stanley & Co. Grain has also served on the board of Southern Company since 2012 and is currently the lead independent director, and most recently as a director of New Fortress Energy.
“Dell Technologies is a market leader and innovator with tremendous growth opportunities ahead in areas including edge and telecom,” said Grain. “It’s an honor to be appointed as the company’s next independent board member and I look forward to helping steer the company’s strategy during this exciting time for technology in our lives.”
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