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TEXTRON 2016 PROXY STATEMENT
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Kathleen M. Bader
Director Since 2004
R. Kerry Clark
Director Since 2003
Ms. Bader, 65, was President and Chief Executive Officer of NatureWorks LLC, which makes
proprietary plastic resins and was formerly known as Cargill Dow LLC, until her retirement in January
2006. Formerly she was a Business President of a $4.2 billion plastics portfolio at the Dow Chemical
Company, a diversified chemical company. She joined Dow in 1973 and held various management
positions in Dow’s global and North American operations, before becoming Chairman, President
and Chief Executive Officer of Cargill Dow LLC, at the time an equal joint venture between Dow and
Cargill Incorporated, in February 2004. She assumed the position of President and Chief Executive
Officer of NatureWorks in February 2005 following Cargill’s acquisition of Dow’s interest in Cargill
Dow. Ms. Bader previously served as a director of Tyson Foods, Inc., from 2011 to 2015. She also
served for seven years on President Bush’s Homeland Security Advisory Council.
Mr. Clark, 63, is the retired Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Cardinal Health, Inc., a leading
provider of services supporting the health care industry. He joined Cardinal Health in April 2006
as President and Chief Executive Officer, became Chairman in November 2007 and retired in
September 2009. Prior to joining Cardinal Health he was Vice Chairman of the Board, P&G Family
Health, and a director of The Procter and Gamble Company, which markets consumer products in
over 140 countries, from 2002-2006. He joined Procter and Gamble in 1974 and served in various
key executive positions before becoming Vice Chairman of the Board in 2002, and held that position
until leaving the company in April 2006. Mr. Clark became a director of General Mills, Inc. in 2009, a
director of Avnet, Inc. in 2012 and a director of Anthem, Inc. in 2014. He is also a director of Hauser
Private Equity LLC, an investment firm.
Experience, Qualifications, Attributes and Skills
Ms. Bader has significant experience in strategic planning and change management, acquired
through her leadership roles at Dow Chemical Company and NatureWorks LLC; she has expertise
in managing strategic business process implementation and its attendant cultural transformation
within global industrial business environments. She also brings to Textron extensive experience in
managing turnarounds, Six Sigma, customer loyalty and employee satisfaction and the expansion
of international business.
Experience, Qualifications, Attributes and Skills
Mr. Clark provides the Board with extensive expertise in establishing brand equity worldwide and
extending strategic initiatives globally, developed through his 30-year career at Procter and Gamble,
as well as leadership in enhancing customer service and advancing customer relationships. His
experience as CEO of Cardinal Health provides additional insight and value in corporate governance,
talent development, change management, marketing and business development, and he is an “audit
committee financial expert” under the criteria adopted by the Securities and Exchange Commission.