Board of Directors

  • Mark S. Bartlett

    Mark Bartlett

    Principal Occupation and Business Experience

    Mr. Bartlett is a former partner of Ernst & Young LLP and has served as a Director since November of 2017. He joined the accounting firm in 1972 and worked there until his retirement in 2012, serving as managing partner of the firm’s Baltimore office and senior client service partner for the mid-Atlantic region. He is a Certified Public Accountant.

    Other Public Company Directorships in the Last 5 Years

    • FTI Consulting, Inc.
    • Zurn Water Solutions Corp.
    • T Rowe Price Group, Inc

     

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  • Erika Davis

    Erika Davis

    Principal Occupation and Business Experience

    Ms. Davis has served as Executive Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer at Performance Food Group Company (NYSE: PFGC) since 2019. Previously, Ms. Davis spent 20 years in several leadership roles at Owens & Minor, most recently as Senior Vice President & Chief Administrative Officer, and Senior Vice President & Chief of Staff to the CEO. Ms. Davis has extensive experience on non-profit boards of directors, including the Virginia Commonwealth University Massey Cancer Center, the University of Richmond, and the Boys and Girls Club of Metro Richmond. She is also a current member of The Executive Leadership Council. Ms. Davis received an MPA from the University of North Carolina and a BA from the University of Richmond.

     

    Other Public Company Directorships in the Last 5 Years

    •Virginia Commonwealth University Massey Cancer Center
    •University of Richmond
    •Boys and Girls Club of Metro Richmond

     

    Independent Director
  • Gerard E. Holthaus

    Gerard Holthaus

    Principal Occupation and Business Experience

    Mr. Holthaus serves as the Lead Independent Director of WillScot Mobile Mini. He served as Non-Executive Chairman of WillScot Corp. from November of 2017 up until its merger with Mobile Mini and is the former Non-Executive Chairman of Algeco Scotsman Global S.á.r.l. (April 2010-November 2017), the leading global provider of modular space solutions. He previously served as Executive Chairman and CEO of Algeco Scotsman, where he was responsible for its North American and European operations, and as Executive Chairman, President and CEO of WSII prior to its acquisition by Algeco Scotsman in 2007. Mr. Holthaus has also served as interim CEO of BakerCorp International (June-September 2013), an equipment rental services company.

    Other Public Company Directorships in the Last 5 Years

    • FTI Consulting, Inc.
    • BakerCorp (former)
    • Neff Corporation (former)
    • NESCO Holdings
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  • Natalia N. Johnson

    Natalia Johnson

    Principal Occupation and Business Experience

    Ms. Johnson leads, as Chief Administrative Officer of Public Storage (S&P 500; NYSE: PSA), digital and technology, transformation, human capital, data science, and safety and security. She is a seasoned executive with 25 years of leadership experience across the financial services, consumer retail, and real estate industries. She has significant expertise leading strategy, innovation, human capital, compensation, operations, and risk management initiatives across large-scale organizations. Prior to joining Public Storage, Ms. Johnson spent 13 years in several leadership roles at Bank of America, most recently as SVP, Chief Operating Officer - Mortgage Technology. Earlier in her career, she held various management roles for Coca-Cola and San Cristóbal Insurance in her home country of Argentina. She holds a bachelor’s degree in Business Administration from Universidad Católica De Córdoba, Argentina.

    Independent Director
  • Erik Olsson

    Erik Olsson

    Principal Occupation and Business Experience

    Mr. Olsson became Mobile Mini’s Non-Executive Chairman of the Board on October 1, 2019 and continues in this capacity for WillScot Mobile Mini. Mr. Olsson previously served as Mobile Mini’s Chief Executive Officer and a member of the Board beginning in March 2013 and further served as the Company’s President from March 2013 to October 2018. Prior to joining Mobile Mini, Mr. Olsson was President, CEO and a director of RSC Holdings, Inc. (“RSC”), a North American equipment rental provider, and certain of its subsidiaries from 2006 until that company was acquired in April 2012. Mr. Olsson joined RSC in 2001 as Chief Financial Officer and became Chief Operating Officer in 2005. Earlier, Mr. Olsson held several senior financial management positions in various global businesses of RSC's former parent company, Atlas Copco Group, in Sweden, Brazil and the United States. He is a Director on the board of Ritchie Brothers Auctioneers Incorporated, the world’s largest industrial auctioneer, and Dometic Group AB, a global manufacturer of products for mobile living. Mr. Olsson also serves on the board of directors of St. Mary’s Foodbank Alliance, one of the world’s largest food banks with a mission to alleviate hunger through the gathering and distribution of food while encouraging self-sufficiency, collaboration, advocacy and education. Mr. Olsson holds a degree in Business Administration and Economics from the University of Gothenburg, Sweden.

    Other Public Company Directorships in the Last 5 Years

    • Dometic Group AB
    • Ritchie Brothers Auctioneers, Inc.
    Independent Director
    • Rebecca L. Owen

      Rebecca Owen

      Principal Occupation and Business Experience

      Ms. Owen joined the WillScot Mobile Mini Board in November 2021. She has served as chair of the board of directors of Battery Reef, LLC, a commercial real estate investment and management company she founded in January 2019, and has been a member of the board of Public Storage (NYSE: PSA) since January 2021. Previously, Ms. Owen served on the boards of directors of WillScot Corp. (Nasdaq: WSC), Jernigan Capital, Inc., and Columbia Equity Trust, Inc. Ms. Owen also has served on the board of directors of Carr Properties, a private real estate investment trust, since 2013, and on the Real Estate Investment Advisory Committee of ASB Capital Management, LLC, an institutional real estate investment firm, since January 2017. Ms. Owen served on the boards of directors of Horizons National Student Enrichment Program Inc., since January 2017, and the Boys and Girls Club of Greater Washington, from 2006 to 2020. Ms. Owen held various roles at Clark Enterprises, Inc. (“Clark Enterprises”), a private investment firm, and its affiliated companies, including as Senior Vice President and as Chief Legal Officer of Clark Enterprises, Chief Investment Officer of CEI Realty, Inc., and President of CEI Realty, Inc. Ms. Owen received a Juris Doctorate from University of Chicago Law School and a Bachelor of Arts in Economics from Hamilton College.

      Other Public Company Directorships in the Last 5 Years

      Public Storage

      WillScot Corp.

      Jernigan Capital, Inc

      Independent Director
    • Jeff Sagansky

      Jeff Sagansky

      Principal Occupation and Business Experience

      Mr. Sagansky has served as a Director since November of 2017 and is presently Chairman and CEO of Diamond Platinum Eagle Acquisition Corp., a Nasdaq listed special purpose acquisition company (from March 2019) which in December of 2019 announced a three way business combination with Draft Kings, a U.S. based digital sports entertainment and gaming company and SB Tech, a global leader in omni-channel sports betting and gaming. Mr. Sagansky is the former Chairman and CEO of Platinum Eagle Acquisition Corp. (December 2017-March 2019), a Nasdaq listed special purpose acquisition company which in March 2019 completed a business combination that resulted in the creation of Target Hospitality Corp. He served as Chairman and CEO (August 2015-November 2017) prior to the Business Combination. Mr. Sagansky previously served as President of Silver Eagle Acquisition Corp. (July 2013-March 2015), a publicly traded special purpose acquisition company that invested in Videocon d2h, a direct-to-home pay-television service provider in India

      Other Public Company Directorships in the Last 5 Years

      • Target Hospitality Corp.
      • Diamond Eagle Acquisition Corp.
      • Scripps Networks Interactive, Inc. (former)
      • Starz, Inc. (former)
      • Videocon d2H Limited (former)
      • Global Eagle Entertainment
      Independent Director
    • Bradley L. Soultz

      Bradley L. Soultz
      Chief Executive Officer

      Principal Occupation and Business Experience

      Mr. Soultz is CEO of WillScot Mobile Mini and served as President and CEO of WillScot prior to the merger with Mobile Mini. Prior to becoming WillScot’s President and CEO in November of 2017, he served as President and CEO of WSII (January 2014-November 2017), where he was responsible for the strategic and operational aspects of WSII’s North American business and for helping prepare the company for its reemergence as a public company. Before joining WSII, Mr. Soultz was the Chief commercial and Strategy Officer of Novelis Inc., the world leader in aluminum rolling and recycling. He previously held various leadership roles with Novelis and Cummins in Europe and North America.

      • Michael W. Upchurch

        Michael W. Upchurch

        Principal Occupation and Business Experience

        Mr. Upchurch served as a Director for the Mobile Mini Board since February 2019 and continues in this capacity for WillScot Mobile Mini. He is Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer for Kansas City Southern (“KCS”). KCS is a transportation holding company that has railroad investments in the U.S., Mexico and Panama linking the commercial and industrial centers of North America. Mr. Upchurch has been Chief Financial Officer at KCS since October 2008, having joined KCS in March 2008. Prior to KCS, Mr. Upchurch held various positions at Sprint, most recently as Senior Vice President – Financial Operations. He began his career as an accountant with Price Waterhouse. Mr. Upchurch is a Certified Public Accountant and has a B.S. degree in Business Administration (with a major in Accounting) from Kansas State University.

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