Leadership Profile

As Iron Mountain’s executive vice president and chief financial officer, Stuart Brown has overall responsibility for the company’s financial management and financial operations.  He has served as Iron Mountain’s CFO since June 25, 2016.

Prior to joining Iron Mountain, Brown was CFO at Red Robin Gourmet Burgers Inc. from 2011 – 2016. From 2006 to 2011, Brown was CFO for DCT Industrial Trust Inc., a real estate investment trust (REIT) with $2.6 billion of industrial assets located in the United States and Mexico. Additionally, Brown served as chief accounting officer for Federal Realty Investment Trust from 2003 to 2006. Prior to that time, he held a variety of positions with Royal Ahold, including roles in corporate controlling and investor relations in The Netherlands, as well as corporate accounting and controller roles for Ahold’s U.S. companies, Stop & Shop and Giant Food, Inc. Earlier in his career, he spent five years in public accounting with Deloitte. He has more than 20 years of leadership in corporate finance has extensive experience in public company finance including capital markets, treasury, financial planning and analysis, financial reporting and investor relations, as well as working closely with operations teams to strengthen performance. He holds a master of accountancy and a bachelor of business administration degree both from the University of Georgia and is a certified public accountant.

Major General Raymond C. Fox, USMC (Ret) is responsible for the management, governance, and assessment of accountability for risk across Iron Mountain. He also has oversight of the Board Risk & Safety Committee, which oversees our Enterprise Risk Management framework. Prior to this position, Fox led Iron Mountain’s strategic business development for emerging business and the government services organization, responsible for identifying and driving growth and value creation initiatives. He joined Iron Mountain after a distinguished career of more than 30 years in the United States Marine Corps, where he completed his military service as the Commanding General, II Marine Expeditionary Force and Commander Marine Forces Africa. 

During his service career, Fox has held both staff and leadership roles, including combat operations during Operation Desert Storm, Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom. In his last command, he was responsible for the welfare, training and logistics support for more than 58,000 Marines and Sailors, deployed around the world. 

Fox has logged over 5,000 hours in Marine and Navy aircraft since receiving his commission through the Platoon Leaders Class and receiving his Naval Aviator designation. He is a graduate of the Australian Army Command and Staff College and the U.S. Army War College, and earned a Master’s degree in Strategic Studies from the U.S. Army War College, a Master’s in Public Administration from Shippensburg University (Pennsylvania) and a Bachelor of Arts in political science from Eastern Washington University.

Deirdre Evens leads Iron Mountain’s Records and Information Management business for North America and is responsible for long-term strategy, resource deployment, and service delivery supporting customers’ needs for document and information storage, secure destruction, offsite tape vaulting, imaging and business process workflow. Deirdre joined Iron Mountain in 2015 as Chief People Officer. She also served as the company’s Chief of Operations, responsible for the company’s global human resources, risk management, marketing, and continuous improvement functions. Deirdre came to Iron Mountain from environmental, energy, and industrial services company Clean Harbors, where she served as the Executive Vice President of Human Resources, and as the company's Executive Vice President of Sales and Marketing. Prior to Clean Harbors, she was Senior Vice President of Member Insight for BJ's Wholesale Club, a $3+ Billion U.S. based retailer. She also spent 19 years at Polaroid Corporation, with senior roles in manufacturing, operations, sales, marketing, corporate strategy, and general management, including P&L leadership for Polaroid’s global imaging division. Deirdre serves on the Board of Directors for Regency Centers, a national owner, operator and developer of commercial shopping centers. She holds a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering from Cornell University, and is a graduate of Harvard Business School’s Advanced Management Program.

Deborah Marson is the Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary of Iron Mountain. In her role she is responsible for the global delivery of legal services, including commercial contracts, mergers & acquisitions, litigation, intellectual property, real estate, securities, privacy & compliance and corporate governance. Deborah joined Iron Mountain in November 2009 as a Vice President of Commercial Contracts for North America.

Prior to her time with Iron Mountain, Marson spent 27 years with The Gillette Company, where she most recently served as Deputy General Counsel. In this role she advised the Gillette worldwide consumer businesses. Her time at Gillette provided her expertise in advertising, environmental and antitrust law. Over the course of her tenure she served as counsel to each of the five Gillette businesses and concluded her time there as the head lawyer for all of the businesses. She also opened the legal offices in Asia and Latin America, which she ran for 5 years.

Deborah’s experience working for multi-national organizations like Iron Mountain and Gillette give her a global point of view and expertise in creating and expanding worldwide practices. Her work, which spans North America, Asia Pacific, Latin America, and Europe often focuses on complex, multi-country strategic initiatives. As a trained lawyer with more than 30 years of corporate experience, Marson is able to understand the complex business implications of law and policy.

Deborah serves as the Clerk of the Iron Mountain Charitable Foundation and the Richard Reese Employee Relief Fund, and serves on the Board-appointed Audit Committee. She is an Overseer at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and is a member of the Suffolk University Law School Dean's Advisory Board.

Deborah holds a Bachelor's degree from Colby College and a Juris Doctor from Suffolk University Law School.