BOSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--
Iron
Mountain® Incorporated (NYSE: IRM), the storage and information
management company, today announced that Ellen Hall, formerly of
Prologis, has joined the company as its Global Head of Real Estate
Investment. Hall will report directly to Iron Mountain’s Chief Financial
Officer Rod Day.
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Iron Mountain appoints Ellen Hall, formerly of Prologis, as global head of Real Estate Investment. (Photo: Business Wire)
In this newly created role, Hall will be responsible for refining and
executing an optimal global real estate investment and portfolio
strategy, thereby enhancing Iron Mountain’s position within the real
estate investment trust (REIT) community. Working in close partnership
with Iron Mountain’s corporate real estate team responsible for leasing,
project delivery and facility management for the global real estate
portfolio, the Investment Leader will provide input and guidance to
drive a strategy to deliver growth, drive value, support enterprise
financial performance, and capitalize on the Company’s REIT status.
“We are delighted that Ellen has decided to join Iron Mountain,” said
Rod Day, executive vice president and chief financial officer, Iron
Mountain. “Our recent conversion to a REIT provides a material
opportunity to build value for our investors through the proactive
development and expansion of our owned real estate portfolio. I believe
Ellen’s skills and leadership will be instrumental in Iron Mountain in
realizing this opportunity.”
Hall joins Iron Mountain from Prologis, where she held various executive
leadership roles and had been instrumental in establishing the company’s
global investment strategy. Most recently, she served as senior vice
president and fund manager of two of the company's international
logistics funds. Prior to that, she served as senior vice president and
transactions director for Europe and Asia for AMB Property Corporation,
which merged with Prologis in 2011. She also held several real estate
transaction-focused positions at AMB after joining the company in 1998.
“I’m excited to join Iron Mountain and lead its global real estate
investment strategy,” said Hall. “The combination of Iron Mountain’s
global footprint and its recent conversion to a REIT offer a great deal
of untapped opportunity and potential to create real value through our
real estate. The company’s strong brand, outstanding people and focus on
growth into new markets make me excited to be a part of the company’s
future success.”
Hall holds a bachelor of science in business administration and finance
from Boston University and received her MBA from the Judge Business
School at the University of Cambridge in England. While at Prologis,
Hall helped found Breakthrough, a global corporate initiative promoting
diversity in the workplace.
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
with speed and accuracy. And its solutions for records
management, data
management, document
management, and secure
shredding help organizations to lower storage costs, comply with
regulations, recover from disaster, and better use their information for
business advantage. 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.
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