IREN Limited Welcomes Anthony Lewis as Chief Capital Officer
Sydney, Tuesday, 1 July 2025.
Anthony Lewis joins IREN Limited as Chief Capital Officer to spearhead capital market strategies, harnessing over 20 years of financial expertise to enhance investor relations amidst a complex global financial backdrop.
Strategic Appointment to Navigate Financial Growth
IREN Limited (NASDAQ: IREN), a vertically integrated data center company, has appointed Anthony Lewis as its Chief Capital Officer, effective July 1, 2025. The role is newly created, emphasizing the company’s focus on enhancing its capital markets strategies and investor relations. This strategic move aims to position the company robustly in the ever-evolving global financial landscape. Lewis, who joins IREN with over two decades of experience, previously served as Co-Treasurer at Macquarie Group, where he managed global funding and capital management [1][2].
Focus on Innovative Growth
As IREN Limited expands its operations in Bitcoin mining, AI cloud services, and AI data centers, the appointment of Lewis is pivotal to synchronizing financial strategy with growth in advanced compute infrastructure. The company currently manages 810 MW of data centers and plans to expand further by delivering up to 50 MW of liquid-cooled data center capacity tailored for AI workloads in 2025 [1][3]. Anthony Lewis’s expertise will be instrumental in aligning the company’s capital management frameworks with its forward-looking technical projects.
Enhancing Leadership and Market Presence
IREN’s expansion reflects a broader strategy of strengthening leadership and market presence. The appointment of Lewis is part of ongoing efforts to bolster executive leadership, ensuring that the company can effectively navigate fluctuations in the financial markets while seizing growth opportunities. This aligns with IREN’s goal of leveraging its multi-gigawatt development pipeline and scaling its Bitcoin mining operations, which currently boast a substantial 50 EH/s of installed self-mining capacity [1][4].
Alignment with Strategic Financial Initiatives
Anthony Lewis’s appointment as Chief Capital Officer underscores IREN’s commitment to strategic financial initiatives and enhancing operational efficiency. This role is designed to ensure the effective alignment of IREN’s financial strategy with its ambitious growth plans in AI and data infrastructure. Lewis’s leadership is expected to drive significant value to stakeholders, underpinning IREN’s strategic vision of integrating high-performance AI cloud services with its substantial power-secured assets across the U.S. and Canada [2][4].