Essex Rental Corp. Appoints Director of Finance

Aug. 14, 2009
Essex Rental Corp. last week appointed Kory Glen to the newly created position of director of finance of Essex Crane Rental Corp. The position was formed in response to Essex Crane becoming the sole operating subsidiary of Essex, a public company. Glen will be responsible for Essex’s external finance functions, including Securities Exchange Commission reporting and compliance. He will report directly to Martin Kroll, senior vice president and chief financial officer of Essex Crane, and CFO of Essex.

Essex Rental Corp. last week appointed Kory Glen to the newly created position of director of finance of Essex Crane Rental Corp. The position was formed in response to Essex Crane becoming the sole operating subsidiary of Essex, a public company. Glen will be responsible for Essex’s external finance functions, including Securities Exchange Commission reporting and compliance. He will report directly to Martin Kroll, senior vice president and chief financial officer of Essex Crane, and CFO of Essex.

Prior to joining Essex, Glen spent five years as the director of financial reporting for Equity Residential, a publicly traded Real Estate Investment Trust. Additionally, he worked five years in public accounting with Ernst & Young LLP.

Headquartered in Buffalo Grove, Ill., Essex, through its subsidiary, Essex Crane, is one of North America’s largest providers of lattice-boom crawler crane and attachment rental services. With more than 350 cranes and attachments in its fleet, Essex supplies cranes for construction projects related to power generation, petro-chemical, refineries, water treatment & purification, bridges, highways, hospitals, shipbuilding, offshore oil fabrication and industrial plants, and commercial construction.