Ferro brings more than three decades of financial leadership experience to euNetworks from a range of leading telecoms and technology players, most recently serving as CIO and Chief of Staff at FLAG (formerly GCX) and CFO at Hatch, as well as a 17 year stretch at Colt.
With deep expertise across strategic finance, commercial operations and technology-driven transformation, he is uniquely positioned to drive business performance, support revenue growth, and deliver highly impactful results.
Ferro will lead euNetworks’ global financial strategy and work closely with CEO Marisa Trisolino and the wider leadership team to execute on the company’s next phase of network growth across Europe.
The press release is below, and a headshot of Giancarlo Ferro is attached.
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euNetworks appoints Giancarlo Ferro as Chief Financial Officer
London, UK – 29 January 2026 – euNetworks has today announced the appointment of Giancarlo Ferro as Chief Financial Officer (CFO), effective 23 March 2026. Giancarlo will be based in London and will lead the organisation’s financial strategy.
Giancarlo joins euNetworks with 30+ years’ experience in financial leadership roles within the telecommunications and wider technology industries, most recently having served as CIO and Chief of Staff at FLAG (formerly GCX).
Giancarlo will transition into the role with the support of euNetworks’ present CFO, Katherine Alexakis, who has successfully led euNetworks’ financial organisation since 2021 and played a crucial role in the company’s equity recapitalisation in 2024.
“I’m delighted to be joining euNetworks at such an exciting time in the company’s journey. euNetworks has built a strong reputation for delivering critical connectivity infrastructure across Europe, underpinned by a clear strategic vision and a highly experienced team. I look forward to working closely with the Board and wider organisation to support the company’s continued growth, operational excellence and long-term value creation for its customers and stakeholders,” said Giancarlo Ferro, incoming CFO of euNetworks.
“I am thrilled to welcome Giancarlo to euNetworks. Giancarlo brings a wealth of experience in financial leadership and as CFO will play a key role as we continue to invest in and expand our European network. I look forward to working with him closely as we continue to execute our strategy and serve the growing demand for digital connectivity infrastructure across Europe. Giancarlo will transition into euNetworks with the support of Katherine Alexakis, to whom I extend my deepest thanks for her fantastic work as CFO for the past five years – I wish her the very best for her future endeavours,” said Marisa Trisolino, CEO of euNetworks.
About euNetworks
euNetworks is a critical bandwidth infrastructure company. We own and operate 18 fibre based metropolitan networks connected with a high-capacity intercity backbone covering 53 cities in 17 countries across Europe. The company leads the market in data centre connectivity, directly connecting over 585 today, and is also a leading cloud connectivity provider, with over 180 on-ramps on our network directly connecting all key cloud providers and major platforms. This coupled with our extensive connected data centre footprint positions us strongly to support and enable our Customers with their cloud infrastructure developments and challenges.
We offer a targeted portfolio of metropolitan and long-haul services across our network platform and Super Highways, including Dark Fibre, Wavelengths, and Ethernet. Wholesale, Finance, Content, Media, Mobile, Data Centre, Hyperscale and Enterprise customers benefit from euNetworks’ unique inventory of fibre and duct-based assets that are tailored to fulfil their high bandwidth needs.
euNetworks delivers services with an active commitment to sustainability, striving towards net-zero carbon emissions, promoting environmentally responsible supply chain practices, and engaging collaboratively with the industry to address the environmental challenges ahead. For further information visit eunetworks.com.