Dominic Monkhouse

Dominic Monkhouse (born 27 March, 1967) is a British technology executive. He has been a part of several technology companies, including Rackspace and Peer 1 Hosting. He is the founder of Monkhouse & Company, a business coaching firm.

Monkhouse was born to David and Kathleen Monkhouse and grew up in the United Kingdom. He attended Newcastle University, earning a Bachelor of Science degree in Agricultural and Food Marketing in 1988. He later obtained an MBA from Sheffield Hallam University in 1996.

Monkhouse joined Interliant in 1989 as Sales and Marketing Director, becoming Managing Director in 2000, where he launched the UK’s first Application Service Provider (ASP) hosting offering.

From 2001 to 2006, Monkhouse served as UK Managing Director and later as EMEA Managing Director for Rackspace. Under his leadership, the company has grown from four to tens of employees, and reached a turnover of more than £10m.

In 2006, Monkhouse had a short tenure at Pipex before joining IT Lab in 2007 as Managing Director.

In 2009, Monkhouse became the first UK employee of Peer 1 Hosting, serving as UK and later EMEA Managing Director, Chief Customer Officer, and finally Chief Marketing Officer.