Lionel L. Nowell III Director Since 2020 Experience, Qualifications, Attributes and Skills • Deep expertise in treasury functions, including debt, investments, capital markets strategies, foreign exchange and insurance • Significant experience in financial reporting and accounting of large international businesses • Extensive global perspective in risk management and strategic planning • Audit Committee Financial Expert Mr. Nowell, 68, is the retired Senior Vice President and Treasurer of PepsiCo, Inc., a worldwide food and beverage company, where he managed a global staff with responsibility for the company’s worldwide Treasury function. He joined PepsiCo in 1999 as Senior Vice President and Corporate Controller, and from 2000-2001 served as the Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Pepsi Bottling Group, Inc. before being named Senior Vice President and Treasurer of PepsiCo in 2001, a role he held until his retirement in 2009. Prior to PepsiCo, Mr. Nowell served as Senior Vice President, Strategy and Business Development at RJR Nabisco from 1998 to 1999 and from 1991 to 1998, he held various senior financial roles at the Pillsbury division of Diageo plc, including Chief Financial Officer of its Pillsbury North America, Pillsbury Foodservice and Häagen-Dazs businesses. Earlier in his career, he held finance roles at Pizza Hut, which at the time was a division of PepsiCo, and Owens Corning. Mr. Nowell served as a director of American Electric Power Company from 2004 to 2020. He has served as a director of Bank of America Corporation since 2013, as its Lead Director since 2021, and as a director of Ecolab Inc. since 2018. James L. Ziemer Director Since 2007 Experience, Qualifications, Attributes and Skills • Extensive expertise in establishing brand equity worldwide • Leadership experience in fostering outstanding customer satisfaction and loyalty • Significant experience with the captive finance business model Mr. Ziemer, 73, was the President and Chief Executive Officer and a director of Harley-Davidson, Inc. until his retirement in April 2009. Harley-Davidson, Inc. is the parent company for the group of companies doing business as Harley-Davidson Motor Company which design, manufacture and sell motorcycles and related parts and accessories, and Harley-Davidson Financial Services, which provides related financing and insurance. Mr. Ziemer had been a director of Harley-Davidson, Inc. since December 2004 and was named President and Chief Executive Officer in April 2005. He previously served as Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Harley- Davidson from December 1990 to April 2005 and President of the Harley-Davidson Foundation, Inc. from 1993 to 2006. Mr. Ziemer also served as a director of Thor Industries, Inc. from 2010 to 2022. Maria T. Zuber Director Since 2016 Experience, Qualifications, Attributes and Skills • Extensive expertise in scientific research • Considerable leadership experience, including in relationships with the federal government • Deep understanding of emerging technologies Ms. Zuber, 64, is the Vice President for Research and the E.A. Griswold Professor of Geophysics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology where she has been a member of the faculty in the Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences since 1995. In her role as Vice President for Research, to which she was appointed in 2013, she has overall responsibility for research administration and policy at MIT, overseeing MIT Lincoln Laboratory and more than a dozen interdisciplinary research laboratories and centers, and plays a central role in research relationships with the federal government. She also leads MIT’s Climate Action Plan. Since 1990, she has held leadership roles associated with scientific experiments or instrumentation on ten NASA missions. Ms. Zuber served on the National Science Board from 2013 to 2021, including as Board Chair from 2016 to 2018. She serves as co-chair of the President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology, a position she has held since 2021. Ms. Zuber has served as a director of Bank of America Corporation since 2017. The Board of Directors recommends a vote “FOR” each of the director nominees (Items 1a through 1i on the proxy card). 8 TEXTRON 2023 PROXY STATEMENT
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