DayOne Data Centers Names Former Hillhouse Dealmaker CK Yan as Chief Financial Officer

Yan joins DayOne from Hillhouse, where he served as a Managing Director focused on investments in the digital infrastructure sector. Before Hillhouse, he worked at KKR on Southeast Asia private equity, and earlier held roles in the Investment Banking Division at Citi, specialising in real estate.

In his new role, Yan will lead DayOne’s finance function, overseeing financial strategy, capital planning, investments, treasury and investor relations as the company continues expanding its platform across Asia-Pacific and Europe.

Jamie Khoo, CEO of DayOne, said building and financing a cross-border platform of the company’s scale requires exceptional financial leadership, adding that Yan’s experience across private equity, real assets and institutional capital equips him with the knowledge and judgment to support DayOne’s growth as it enters new markets, deepens relationships with capital partners, and continues to deliver with speed and precision.

Yan said DayOne has built a differentiated platform positioned at the centre of one of the most significant infrastructure shifts of the current era, as AI and cloud adoption continue to drive demand for data center capacity. He said he is looking forward to working with the team to strengthen the company’s financial strategy and execution, ensuring disciplined capital deployment to support its next phase of growth.

Since its founding in 2022, DayOne has rapidly expanded its footprint across Asia and Europe, establishing a presence in Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand, Japan, Hong Kong SAR, Finland and Spain, and serving some of the world’s leading hyperscale customers through an integrated approach to design, development and operations. Following the final closing of its US$4.5 billion Series C financing round, backed by a group of long-term global investors, DayOne is positioned to accelerate the build-out of its platform.