Americold Realty Trust appointed Kelly Barrett, Antonio Fernandez and David Neithercut to its board, bringing the number of trustees to nine, eight of whom are independent.

The temperature-controlled warehouse operator said Barrett joins the board's audit and compensation committees, while Fernandez will serve on the governance and investment committees. Neithercut will join the board's compensation and investment committees.

Barrett is a director at Piedmont Office Realty Trust Inc. and Aaron's Inc. Fernandez is the president of private advisory firm AFF Advisor LLC and serves on the boards of Liberty Property Trust and Collier Creek Holdings.

Neithercut was most recently CEO of Equity Residential and is serving as a trustee of the company.