Jenne Britell Elected Chairman of United Rentals
July 21 2008 - 8:00AM
Business Wire
United Rentals, Inc. (NYSE: URI) today announced that Jenne K.
Britell, Ph.D. has been unanimously elected Chairman of the
company�s Board of Directors. Dr. Britell, a Director since 2006,
is Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Structured Ventures,
Inc., advisors on financial services and product strategy to U.S.
and foreign companies. Dr. Britell said: �I am honored to be
elected Chairman of the Board of United Rentals and thank my fellow
directors for their confidence. United Rentals is well-positioned
for success in its markets and has many attractive opportunities
for growth. The coming years will be exciting as we pursue a
strategic path towards creating long-term value for our
shareholders.� Howard Clark, Chairman of the Board�s Nominating and
Corporate Governance Committee, said, �The Board of Directors is
delighted to have elected Jenne Britell its Chairman. In her years
as a director, Jenne has demonstrated exceptional business acumen
and judgment, from which we will continue to benefit as she assumes
additional responsibilities. The Board looks forward to Jenne�s
leadership as we work together to ensure a successful future for
United Rentals.� Dr. Britell has been Chairman and Chief Executive
Officer of Structured Ventures, Inc. since 2001. From 1996 to 2000
she was a senior executive of GE Capital where she most recently
was Executive Vice President of Global Consumer Finance and
President of Global Mortgage and Consumer Banking, and also served
as President and Chief Executive Officer of GE Capital, Central and
Eastern Europe. From 1993 to 1996, Dr. Britell was Executive Vice
President, Chief Lending Officer and General Manager, Mortgage
Banking at Dime Bancorp, Inc., and also held significant leadership
positions with Citicorp and Republic New York Corporation. In 1992,
she was the founding Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the
Polish-American Mortgage Bank in Warsaw, the first American to be
approved by the National Bank of Poland to run a Polish bank. Dr.
Britell is a director of three other NYSE-listed companies � Crown
Holdings, Inc., Quest Diagnostics Incorporated and West
Pharmaceutical Services, Inc. � a Sustaining Trustee of the Fox
Chase Cancer Center and a director of the U.S.-Russia Foundation
for Economic Advancement and the Rule of Law. She was previously a
director of Lincoln National Corporation and Aames Investment
Corporation, and a trustee of TIAA-CREF. Dr. Britell holds BA (cum
laude) and MA degrees from Harvard University, and MS and Ph.D.
degrees from Columbia University. She is married to Dan Jacobson
and has two grown daughters and two grandsons. About United Rentals
United Rentals, Inc. is the largest equipment rental company in the
world, with an integrated network of over 670 rental locations in
48 states, 10 Canadian provinces and Mexico. The company's
approximately 10,400 employees serve construction and industrial
customers, utilities, municipalities, homeowners and others. The
company offers for rent over 2,900 classes of rental equipment with
a total original cost of $4.2 billion. United Rentals is a member
of the Standard & Poor's MidCap 400 Index and the Russell 2000
Index� and is headquartered in Greenwich, Conn. Additional
information about United Rentals is available at
www.unitedrentals.com.
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