United Rentals Appoints Gracia Martore as a New Director, Joining Shiv Singh
June 02 2017 - 4:15PM
Business Wire
United Rentals, Inc. (NYSE: URI) today announced that Gracia
Martore has joined its board of directors, effective immediately.
Ms. Martore joins Shiv Singh, the Company’s other new director, who
was elected by stockholders at the Company’s annual stockholders
meeting on May 4.
Ms. Martore recently retired as President and Chief Executive
Officer of TEGNA Inc. (“TEGNA”), formerly known as Gannett Co.,
Inc., a role she had held since October 2011. Prior to that and
beginning in 1985, Ms. Martore served in various other management
positions with TEGNA, including as President and Chief Operating
Officer and Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer.
Prior to TEGNA, Ms. Martore worked for 12 years in the banking
industry. Ms. Martore is also a director of WestRock Company, The
Associated Press and FM Global. In July 2016, she was also elected
to the Board of Trustees of Wellesley College.
Mr. Singh is a senior vice president in the innovation and
strategic partnerships group at Visa Inc. (“Visa”), where he is
responsible for driving the go-to-market strategy for some of
Visa’s most disruptive products and innovations. Prior to this, Mr.
Singh served in various senior brand and marketing roles at Visa.
Prior to Visa, Mr. Singh was the Global Head of Digital at PepsiCo
Beverages. From 1999 to 2010, Mr. Singh served in various positions
at Razorfish, most recently as VP and Global Social Media Lead. Mr.
Singh was inducted into the American Advertising Federation Hall of
Achievement in November 2016 and was recognized by AdWeek as a Top
50 marketer in 2015.
Jenne Britell, chairman of United Rentals, said, “We are excited
and honored to welcome Gracia and Shiv to our board of directors.
Gracia’s experience and judgment as chief executive officer and
chief financial officer of a major publicly traded company provide
her with leadership, business, financial and governance skills that
will benefit the Company and our board. Shiv’s significant
experience in marketing, digital and innovation will allow him to
contribute to our board and provide the Company with a fresh and
valuable perspective on digital marketing and related matters.”
About United Rentals
United Rentals, Inc. is the largest equipment rental company in
the world. Following the acquisition of NES Rentals, the company
has an integrated network of 968 rental locations in 49 states and
every Canadian province. The company’s approximately 13,600
employees serve construction and industrial customers, utilities,
municipalities, homeowners and others. The company offers
approximately 3,200 classes of equipment for rent with a total
original cost of $9.8 billion. United Rentals is a member of the
Standard & Poor’s 500 Index, the Barron’s 400 Index and the
Russell 3000 Index® and is headquartered in Stamford, Conn.
Additional information about United Rentals is available at
unitedrentals.com.
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