Ted Pretty, the former chief executive of Bahrain's Gulf Finance House (GFH), is joining data centre builder NextDC as executive deputy chairman, the Australian firm said on Thursday. 

"Mr Pretty is returning to Australia from the Middle East following his tenure at Gulf Finance House as its group chief executive officer," NextDC said in a statement on its website.   

It said that Pretty would join the firm effective April 1.   

Sources familiar with the matter told Reuters that Pretty left GFH last month. - Reuters