Barbara Callahan — Head of Investor Relations and Senior Vice President at CIT Group

Ms. Barbara A. Callahan has been the Head of Investor Relations of CIT Group Inc. since January 1, 2014 and serves as its Senior Vice President. Ms. Callahan joined the investor relations team in April 2012 from CIT's Treasury department where as Assistant Treasurer she most recently ran the capital management function and was responsible for the development and ongoing management of CIT's economic capital framework, capital planning and rating agency relationships. She also previously had responsibility for managing CIT's market and liquidity risks, as well as for its global secured and unsecured funding programs, derivative execution, investments and bank relationships. Ms. Callahan joined CIT in November of 1999, in connection with CIT's acquisition of Newcourt Credit Group, Inc. Prior to the acquisition, she held various positions in Treasury and Accounting within Newcourt Credit Group and AT&T Capital Corporation, which was acquired by Newcourt in 1998. Prior to joining AT&T Capital, she was a senior auditor at Deloitte & Touche. Ms. Callahan is a Certified Public Accountant (inactive) in New Jersey and holds a B.S. in accounting from Seton Hall University and a M.B.A. in corporate finance from Fairleigh Dickinson University.