Ernest W. Cloutier

Ernest Cloutier leads Iron Mountain’s global legal team and oversees all legal affairs of the company. Cloutier’s primary focus areas include privacy and compliance, commercial contracts, mergers & acquisitions, litigation, labor and employment, intellectual property, bankruptcy, real estate, securities and corporate governance. Cloutier is also responsible for leading the company’s government affairs organization and for advising the company’s senior executive team and board of directors on legal and strategic matters. Prior to joining Iron Mountain in December 2007, Cloutier served as senior vice president, general counsel and secretary for Digitas Inc., a NASDAQ listed digital marketing and technology services company. While at Digitas, Cloutier advised the company through its transition to a public company, and oversaw its legal function, acquisitions and ultimate sale to French communications conglomerate Publicis Groupe S.A. Earlier in his career, Cloutier practiced corporate and securities law with the law firms Goodwin Proctor LLP in Boston and Dechert LLP in Philadelphia. He holds a bachelor’s degree from Bates College and a juris doctor from The American University Washington College of Law. He is a member of the Massachusetts Bar.