Textron Financial Appoints Jon Fliss Executive Vice President Human Resources

Textron Financial Corporation, a Textron Inc. (NYSE: TXT) company, announced today that Jon Fliss has been named executive vice president, human resources, effective June 16. Fliss succeeds Rob Powers, who recently joined Textron Systems as senior vice president, human resources. In this role, he will oversee human resources for Textron Financial and many of Textron Inc.’s corporate functions, focusing on organization design, compensation, recruitment, orientation, training, performance management, and diversity. He will report to Jay Carter, Textron Financial’s president and chief operating officer, and will be a member of the company’s Management and Executive Committees.

“Jon is a strong human resources leader with a keen focus on the needs of employees – our most important internal customers,” said Carter. “Through experience that spans both the public and government sectors, he has consistently led effective teams by setting human resources strategy and building upon solid foundations to better address the business as a whole.”

Fliss joined Textron Inc. in 2003, serving as director of executive compensation and executive benefits, where he was responsible for Textron’s Executive Compensation Program including both corporate and divisional Annual Incentive Compensation Plans, as well as the Textron Long-Term Incentive Plan. He established the company’s Rewards Center of Excellence to provide Textron’s first-ever enterprise capability for broad-based compensation design and administration. He also formalized Textron’s compensation benchmarking practices to the benefit of employees at all compensation levels.

Prior to Textron, Fliss served in human resources and strategy roles at Sears, Roebuck & Company, and as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He received a BS from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point and an MBA from Northwestern University. Fliss has also completed Textron’s Executive Leadership Program at the Thunderbird School for Global Management.


About Textron Financial
Textron Financial is a diversified commercial finance company with more than $11 billion in managed receivables. It has core businesses in Aviation Finance, Asset-Based Lending, Distribution Finance, Golf Finance, Resort Finance, and Structured Capital. Textron Financial also provides financing programs for products manufactured by its parent company, Textron Inc. Additional information about the company is available at www.textronfinancial.com.

About Textron
Textron Inc. is a $13.2 billion multi-industry company operating in 34 countries with approximately 44,000 employees. The company leverages its global network of aircraft, defense and intelligence, industrial and finance businesses to provide customers with innovative solutions and services. Textron is known around the world for its powerful brands such as Bell Helicopter, Cessna Aircraft Company, Jacobsen, Kautex, Lycoming, E-Z-GO, Greenlee, Fluid & Power, Textron Systems and Textron Financial Corporation. More information is available at www.textron.com.