BALTIMORE, Feb 19 (Bernama-GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Algeco Scotsman Global S.à r.l. (“A/S Global” and, together with its subsidiaries, “Algeco Scotsman”), today announced that Sunny Thakrar, its former European Chief Financial Officer, has been appointed Group Chief Financial Officer following the concurrent resignation of Stephen Bishop, who had served as the Group’s Chief Financial Officer since 2014.

Diarmuid Cummins, CEO of Algeco Scotsman, commented, “I would like to thank Steve for his dedicated service and significant contributions to our group. Under his leadership, our finance organization and capital discipline have been greatly improved. As we embark on our next phase of development with a more Europe-centric business, I am happy to welcome Sunny as our new CFO. Sunny brings a wealth of experience, most importantly as CFO of Algeco Scotsman Europe for the last two years. His knowledge of the leasing business and his experience with both private and public companies will be very valuable to Algeco Scotsman.”

About Algeco Scotsman

Algeco Scotsman is the leading global business services provider focused on modular space,  secure portable storage solutions, and remote workforce accommodation management. Headquartered in Baltimore, Algeco Scotsman has operations in 24 countries with approximately 245,000 modular space and portable storage units and 11,400 remote accommodations rooms. The company operates as Target Logistics in North America, Algeco in Europe, Elliott in the United Kingdom, Ausco in Australia, Portacom in New Zealand, and Algeco Chengdong in China.

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Investor Relations Contact

Scott Shaughnessy
Vice President, Finance
Algeco Scotsman
+1 410-933-5921
Scott.Shaughnessy@as.willscot.com

SOURCE : Algeco Scotsman

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