BOSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--
Jennifer Allerton was appointed today to the board of directors of Iron
Mountain® Incorporated (NYSE:IRM). In addition, Vincent J. Ryan,
longtime board member and one of the company’s founders, announced his
retirement from the board, effective November 1, 2014.
Allerton, 62, is the former Chief Information Officer at F. Hoffman-La
Roche Ltd’s Pharma Division, where she worked for 10 years. She has more
than thirty-eight years of information technology experience, gaining
extensive knowledge of working globally particularly in emerging
markets. Most recently, Allerton served as Chief Information Officer at
Roche from 2002 to 2012 with responsibility for IT strategy and
operations for the Pharma division and all Group IT operations. Prior to
Roche, she served as Technology Director at Barclaycard for three years.
Currently, Allerton serves as an independent director on the boards of
Oxford Instruments, a provider of high technology tools and systems and
Aveva Group, an engineering design and information management solutions
firm for plant, power and marine industries.
Iron Mountain Board Chairman Alfred J. Verrecchia, said, “I am pleased
to welcome Jennifer Allerton to our board. Jennifer’s leadership
experience in IT strategy and operations of global businesses,
especially in emerging markets, will be instrumental as we continue to
strategically expand our global presence. We look forward to having an
independent director of her stature and experience, adding further
breadth and depth to the skills of our board. At the same time, I would
like to express my deep appreciation for Vin’s extensive tenure with
Iron Mountain. He has provided invaluable knowledge and strategic
guidance for many years, and I am grateful for his contributions to the
company.”
President and CEO William L. Meaney added, “We are honored to add an
executive of Jennifer Allerton’s caliber to our board; she further
broadens our perspective given her operational and international
business experience. “Additionally, I would like to thank Vin for his
exceptional service to the company. Vin is the company’s founder and
original financier, and most importantly, he shaped the culture of the
company, enabling Iron Mountain to become what it is today. On a
personal note, Vin has been especially helpful to me over the past year
and a half given his long history with the company, his unique
entrepreneurial skills and natural instinct to deliver more value to our
customers and shareholders. I will miss his counsel and wish him well.”
Ryan, 78, one of Iron Mountain’s founders, has served on the company’s
board of directors since prior to the initial public offering in 1995.
He is the founder of Schooner Capital LLC and has served as its Chairman
and CEO since 1971.
About Iron Mountain
Iron Mountain Incorporated (NYSE: IRM) is a leading provider of storage
and information management services. The company’s real estate network
of over 67 million square feet across more than 1,000 facilities in 36
countries allows it to serve customers around the world. And its
solutions for records
management, data
management, document
management, data center management and secure
shredding help organizations to lower storage costs, comply with
regulations, recover from disaster, and better use their information .
Founded in 1951, Iron Mountain stores and protects billions of
information assets, including business documents, backup tapes,
electronic files and medical data. Visit www.ironmountain.com
for more information.
Source: Iron Mountain