Eric Salander — Vice President of Investor Relations at Textron

Mr. Eric Salander has been Vice President of Investor Relations at Textron Inc since December 31, 2016. Mr. Salander serves as the Chief Financial Officer and Senior Vice President of Cessna Aircraft Company. Mr. Salander has been with Cessna in February 2010. He is a member of Textron's Executive Leadership Team and serves on Textron's enterprise-wide Finance Council. He served as has been Vice President and Corporate Officer at Textron Inc from August 2016 to December 31, 2016. He served as senior vice president and chief financial officer for Textron Aviation. He joined Cessna Aircraft Company (now Textron Aviation) in February 2010 after serving as executive director of financial planning and analysis for Textron Inc. In this role, he was responsible for directing Textron's financial planning and analysis processes across all business units and corporate departments in support of Textron's budgeting, financial reporting, management reporting, external communications and portfolio management activities. He served as an Executive Director of Financial Planning and Analysis at Textron Inc. He was responsible for directing Textron's financial planning and analysis processes across all business units and corporate departments in support of the Textron's budgeting, financial reporting, management reporting, external communications and portfolio management activities. He joined Textron in May 2004. He served as Principal Accounting Officer and Senior Vice President of Finance at Textron Financial Corp. He served as an Audit Manager at Ernst & Young before joining Textron Financial. Mr. Salander serves as a Director of Textron Financial Corp. and Cessna Aircraft Company. He serves as a Member of the Textron Finance Council and is a certified Textron Six Sigma Green Belt. He is a Certified Public Accountant and has a Bachelor Degree in Business Administration along with a Master of Science degree in Accounting from the University of Rhode Island. He is a Graduate of the Textron/Wharton Global Leadership Forum at the University of Pennsylvania and Textron's Executive Leadership Program at the Thunderbird School of Global Leadership.