Our Team

Philippe Dumont

Chief Executive Officer

Diego Matas

Chief Operations Officer

Pablo Martín Rojas-Marcos

Chief Financial Officer

Vincent Gatineau

Chief Marketing & Sales Officer

Project team

Jol Paling

Advisor – Project

Lynsey Thomas

Advisor – Project

Rui Carrilho

Field Engineering & Operations Director

Rafael Lozano

Country Manager Brasil

Paulo Mendes

International Operations Manager

Sales & Marketing

Graziele K. L. Silva

Marketing & Communication Manager

Gavin Moran

Sales Operations Director

Finance & Administration

Karolina Medon

Office Manager

Justin Downey 

Accountant

Julia Castro

 Office Manager Brazil

The EllaLink story so far

2020

EllaLink System Ready For Service

The EllaLink System is scheduled to be Ready for Service in 2020.

2019

The manufacturing of the cable has started

Following the coming in to force of the project at the end of 2018, the marine survey is now completed and the manufacturing of the cable has started.

2018

Marguerite became the equity sponsor of EllaLink

The pan-European equity fund Marguerite II became the equity sponsor of EllaLink in H1 2018. Anchor customers on the system are, amongst others, the Bella consortium, Cabo Verde Telecom and EMACOM.

2017

Supply Contract awarded to Alcatel Submarine Networks

The system is being built by Alcatel Submarine Networks and will be one of the new generation coherent submarine cables, offering 72Tbps of capacity over four fibre pairs.

2015

EllaLink project commenced

EllaLink is a state-of-the-art Submarine Cable System connecting Latin America and Europe, linking the major hubs of São Paulo and Fortaleza with Lisbon and Madrid.

2012

EllaLink was formed

EllaLink’s mission is to deploy and operate a next-generation submarine cable system on a unique route between Latin America and Europe. Direct fiber pairs provide a low latency path giving a solid foundation upon which Carriers, Operators & Internet Content Providers can develop competitive offerings. EllaLink’s business model is built on their commitment to provide Products & Services on Carrier Neutral, Open and Independent basis.

Our main shareholder

The Marguerite Fund or the 2020 European Fund for Energy, Climate Change and Infrastructure is a pa-European equity fund that invests in renewables, energy and transport. It aims to act as a “catalyst for greenfield and brownfield infrastructure investments”.

Our Partners

BELLA (Building the Europe Link with Latin America) provides for long-term interconnectivity needs of European and Latin American research and education communities. This is achieved through the procurement of a long-term Indefeasible Right of Use (IRU) for spectrum on a submarine cable between the two regions. Bella is also developing and deploying research and education networks across Latin America.

SubSea Networks provide a wide range of services ranging from supply contract negotiation to system design and engineering as well as marine survey, route design and install.

CV Telecom is the telecommunications company for Cape Verde and is a leader in offering a wide range of services such as data communications, fixed network services and leased lines. The fixed network services ensures communication in the country and internationally.


NATIXIS: is a corporate and investment bank creating “customised financial solutions” with expertise in asset and wealth management, financing, insurance and financial services. 

EMACOM is a telecommunications operator wholly owned by the public electricity company EEM – Empresa de Eletricidade de Madeira. The telecommunications company EMACOM operates 100% fiber optic belongs to EEM, with a total extension of 1200 km in the islands of Madeira and Porto Santo.