Textron Financial Names Adele Suddes Chief Marketing Officer

Providence, RI – December 4, 2007 — Textron Financial Corporation, a subsidiary of Textron Inc. (NYSE: TXT), today announced that Adele Suddes has been promoted to Executive Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer.  She will continue to lead the company’s marketing function while also assuming responsibility for its Customer Care Center.  Suddes reports to Textron Financial President Jay Carter and serves as a member of the company’s Executive Committee.

“Adele has improved Textron Financial’s overall marketing capability with her relentless focus on driving customer acquisition and retention,” said Carter. “Under her leadership, the marketing function has developed and implemented world-class processes and tools, bringing value to both our customers and our employees.”

Suddes joined Textron Financial in 2000 and has held positions of increasing responsibility focused on providing strategic and tactical marketing support to all of the company’s business divisions.  Under her direction, the marketing function has completed the most comprehensive, statistically significant customer satisfaction study in the company’s history.  This program was recognized earlier in 2007 with Textron’s first-ever Customer Satisfaction & Loyalty Impact Award.  In addition, Textron Financial has shown year-over-year improvement in marketing effectiveness across 20 different functional attributes as benchmarked by the Marketing Leadership Council, a nationally recognized center of excellence for marketing research. 

Suddes holds a bachelor’s degree in Economics from the University of Connecticut and an MBA from Bryant University.  She is a certified Textron Six Sigma Green Belt and has completed Textron’s Executive Leadership Program at the Thunderbird School of Global Management.

About Textron Financial
Textron Financial is a diversified commercial finance company with $10 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 an $11 billion multi-industry company operating in 32 countries with approximately 40,000 employees.  The company leverages its global network of aircraft, 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.