Our People
Meet the team.
The women leading WiDC's mission across APAC and beyond.
Board Members
Strategic guidance and governance
Melanie is a seasoned executive at Oracle Cloud Infrastructure, serving as the Head of Global Site Selection. In this role, she spearheads the development and execution of a comprehensive data center site acquisition strategy, crucial for driving the company's long-term AI, Commercial and Multicloud growth and business objectives on a global scale. With extensive experience in critical infrastructure, real estate, and complex commercial transactions, Melanie brings a wealth of expertise across various domains including real estate acquisition, land use and permitting, fiber delivery, consumer products, software as a service, cloud computing, data collection, privacy, and cybersecurity. Previously, Melanie held the position of Senior Director at Microsoft's Cloud Operations + Innovation organization, where she led the Global Portfolio Management & Lease Center of Excellence. Prior to Microsoft, Melanie spent 12 years at T-Mobile, holding various roles from Director of Network Engineering & Operations to Senior Counsel in the Legal Department. Melanie is currently the Board Chair of the Issaquah Girls Basketball Association. She holds a J.D. from the New England School of Law and a B.A. from Brandeis University.
Melanie Kiely
Head of Global Site Selection, Oracle Cloud Infrastructure
Jean Monson joined MUFG in 2019 and is based in Singapore. Jean is the Head of Infrastructure of Project Finance Asia at MUFG Bank Ltd and Chair of the IPFA (International Project Finance Association) Asia Council. Jean has just under 2 decades of experience as a UK-qualified lawyer and investment banker, having advised clients in the UK and Asia Pacific. She is a market leading debt infrastructure professional in the international debt capital markets and private bank market. At MUFG, Jean has advised, originated and executed numerous award-winning transactions in energy and infrastructure. Prior to MUFG, Jean was a debt originator in Barclays Capital's Debt Capital Markets team in London and Singapore. Before investment banking, Jean started her career at Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP (London) as a lawyer. Jean is a renowned thought leader in Energy, Infrastructure and ESG, and a regular speaker at OECD, APLMA, IJ Global, PFI, Moody's, IPFA and other international platforms. She is an APAC judge for the IJ Global Project Finance and ESG Awards 2025 and an alumna of Bloomberg New Voices. Jean is a qualified Solicitor of England and Wales, holds a Masters in Law from Brasenose College, University of Oxford, and 1st class honours in Law (LLB) from Bristol University.
Jean Monson
Head of Infrastructure, Project Finance Asia, MUFG Bank Ltd · Chair, IPFA Asia Council
Built for the women
powering data centers.
Meet the passionate team driving WiDC's mission to empower and connect women across the digital infrastructure industry in APAC and beyond.
WiDC exists because the people keeping the digital world running deserve to be seen. We bring women across the data center and digital infrastructure industry together to share their work, their networks, and their next moves.
Why we exist.
Women are roughly 8% of the data center workforce. That number doesn't change on its own, and it doesn't change with slogans. It changes when women in the industry can find each other, put faces and names to the work, and open doors that used to be closed.
WiDC is built by and for people inside the industry, not an outside advocacy group. We run the interviews, host the events, and hold the conversations that turn visibility into mentorship, mentorship into connection, and connection into real career outcomes.
Our goal.
Equal representation for women at every level of the data center and digital infrastructure industry — from the server room to the boardroom. A network where any woman entering the industry can find peers, mentors, and opportunities; and where the pipeline of women moving into senior roles is no longer an exception worth noting.
Founder's Note
A note from our founder.
Early in my career, I attended a data centre industry event and was immediately struck by what I saw — a sea of men, laughing, connecting, and building careers together. I looked around the room and asked myself: where are all the women?
I wanted to find a community where women in the industry could do the same — network, grow, and support one another. But when I searched for that space and couldn't find it, I knew it was time to create it ourselves.
That was the beginning of Women in Data Centers.
Today, the picture looks completely different. WiDC events are filled with professional women from across the data centre and digital infrastructure industry — a sight that is still rare, and one that never gets old. There is something truly special about walking into a room and seeing it full of women who belong here, who are building careers here, and who are lifting each other up along the way.
Since then, WiDC has grown into a community spanning Singapore, Indonesia, Australia, and Japan, with over 700 attendees across our events. And we are just getting started.
— Nomulun Tungalag, Founder of WiDC
How far we've come.
WiDC founded by Nomulun Tungalag to address the underrepresentation of women in the data center industry
Hosted first networking events in Sydney and Singapore; received W.Media Award recognition
Expanded to 500+ members; spoke at DCD Connect APAC and TechWeek Singapore
Growing community across Japan, Australia, Singapore, and beyond; inaugural Sydney flagship event
Committees
Eleven committees, one mission.
Our work is organised across eleven cross-functional committees — each owning a slice of the WiDC experience, from governance and funding to brand, content, and community programmes.
Operations & Support
Leadership & Vision
Governance & Strategy
Planning & Logistics
Publicity & Content
Funding & Budgets
Membership Engagement
Brand & Comms
Mentorships
Networking & Workshops
Sponsorships
Ready to connect?
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