National Storage REIT announced the appointment of Ms. Claire Fidler as an executive director, effective 18 July 2017. Prior to joining the company as company secretary in 2015, Ms. Fidler was corporate counsel and company secretary for Rio Tinto Coal Australia. In that role, Ms. Fidler was responsible for the corporate governance and secretariat function for the Australian coal business of over 50 entities, including one of Rio Tinto's listed subsidiaries.