People: General Finance Corp (GFN.W)

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6 May 2013
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Summary

Name Age Since Current Position

Lawrence Glascott

78 2005 Independent Chairman of the Board

Charles Barrantes

60 2006 Chief Financial Officer, Executive Vice President

Robert Allan

56 2006 Chief Executive Officer of Royal Wolf

Theodore Mourouzis

49 2008 President and Chief Operating Officer of Pac-Van, Inc.

Jeffrey Kluckman

51 2011 Executive Vice President - Business Development

Christopher Wilson

45 2007 Vice President, General Counsel, Secretary

Manuel Marrero

54 2005 Director

Ronald Valenta

53 2011 Director

David Connell

2005 Independent Director

Susan Harris

55 2008 Independent Director

James Roszak

71 2005 Independent Director

Larry Clark

IR Contact Officer

Biographies

Name Description

Lawrence Glascott

Mr. Lawrence Glascott is Independent Chairman of the Board of General Finance Corporation. Mr. Glascott served as a director of 99¢ Only Stores from 1996 to 2011. From 1991 to 1996 Mr. Glascott was the Vice President of Finance of Waste Management International, an environmental services company. Prior thereto, Mr. Glascott was a partner at Arthur Andersen LLP and was in charge of the Los Angeles-based Arthur Andersen LLP Enterprise Group practice for over 15 years.

Charles Barrantes

Mr. Charles E. Barrantes is Chief Financial Officer, Executive Vice President of General Finance Corporation. Prior to joining the company, Mr. Barrantes was vice president and chief financial officer for Royce Medical Company from early 2005 to its sale in late 2005. From 1999 to early 2005, he was chief financial officer of Earl Scheib, Inc., a public company that operated over 100 retail paint and body shops. Mr. Barrantes has over 25 years of experience in accounting and finance, starting with more than a decade with Arthur Andersen & Co.

Robert Allan

Mr. Robert G. Allan is Chief Executive Officer of Royal Wolf, a subsidiary of General Finance Corporation. Mr. Allan joined Royal Wolf in April 2004 as its Executive General Manager. From 2000 until joining Royal Wolf, he served as Group General Manager of IPS Logistics Pty Ltd, a shipping and logistics company. From 1997 until 2000, Mr. Allan was employed as a Regional Director of Triton Container International, the world’s lessor of marine cargo containers to the international shipping industry. Mr. Allan has more than 30 years of experience in the container leasing and logistics industries.

Theodore Mourouzis

Mr. Theodore M. Mourouzis is President and Chief Operating Officer of Pac-Van, Inc., a subsidiary of General Finance Corporation. Prior to his employment with Pac-Van, Mr. Mourouzis, among other things, was a controller for a 3M joint venture, served four years in management consulting with Deloitte & Touche (focusing in operations and business process consulting), and was president of a picture framing distributor and the chief financial officer of its holding company.

Jeffrey Kluckman

Mr. Jeffrey A. Kluckman is Executive Vice President - Business Development of General Finance Corporation. Prior to joining the company, among other things, he held the role of vice president of mergers and acquisitions for portable storage solutions provider Mobile Mini, Inc. (NASDAQ: MINI) and, earlier, similar positions with Mobile Storage Group, Inc., which was acquired by Mobile Mini in 2008, and RSC Equipment Rental, Inc. (NYSE: RRR). In his over 15-year background in the rental services sector, including the mobile storage, modular space and equipment rental industries, Mr. Kluckman completed more than 110 transactions.

Christopher Wilson

Mr. Christopher A. Wilson is Vice President, General Counsel, Secretary of General Finance Corporation. Prior to joining the company, Mr. Wilson was the general counsel and assistant secretary of Mobile Services Group, Inc. from February 2002 to December 2007. Mr. Wilson practiced corporate law as an associate at Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker LLP from 1998 to February 2002.

Manuel Marrero

Mr. Manuel Marrero is Director of General Finance Corporation. Since March 2009 Mr. Marrero has served as the Chief Executive Officer of the specialty finance companies of General Finance Group, Inc., a company controlled by Ronald Valenta. From January 2004 to March 2009, Mr. Marrero worked as a financial and operations management consultant with several companies, principally focused in consumer products brand management. From May 2002 until January 2004, Mr. Marrero served as the Chief Financial Officer of Mossimo, Inc., a designer and licensor of apparel and related products. From 1999 to 2001, Mr. Marrero was the Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer of Interplay Entertainment Corp., a developer, publisher and distributor of interactive entertainment software, and from 1996 to 1999 Mr. Marrero served as the Chief Financial Officer of Precision Specialty Metals, Inc., a light gauge conversion mill for flat rolled stainless steel and high performance alloy. Mr. Marrero has served on the boards of directors of Interplay OEM, Inc., Shiney Entertainment, Inc., Seed Internet Ventures, Inc., L.A. Top Producers, LLC, Friends of Rancho San Pedro and Tree People.

Ronald Valenta

Mr. Ronald F. Valenta is Director of General Finance Corporation. From 1988 to 2003 Mr. Valenta served as the President and Chief Executive Officer of Mobile Services Group, Inc., a portable storage company he founded. From 2003 to 2006 Mr. Valenta was a founding director of the National Portable Storage Association, a storage industry non-profit organization. From 1985 to 1989, Mr. Valenta was a Senior Vice President of Public Storage, Inc. From 1980 to 1985, Mr. Valenta was employed by the accounting firm of Arthur Andersen & Co. in Los Angeles. Mr. Valenta’s experience in the portable storage industry, his financial and accounting background and the knowledge he acquired in managing diverse businesses provide the Board with key insights.

David Connell

Mr. David M. Connell is Independent Director of General Finance Corporation. In 1999 Mr. Connell founded Cornerstone Corporate Partners, LLC, a consulting and advisory firm. Prior to establishing Cornerstone Corporate Partners in 1999, Mr. Connell served as President and a member of the Board of Directors for Data Processing Resources Corporation, or DPRC, from 1992 to 1999. DPRC was a NASDAQ-listed provider of information technology consulting services to Fortune 500 companies. Prior to his service with DPRC, from 1988 to 1993, Mr. Connell was engaged by Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe, a New York private equity firm, to manage a group of portfolio companies. From 1990 to 1993, Mr. Connell served as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Specialized Mortgage Service, Inc., an information technology company serving the real estate, banking and credit rating industries. From 1988 to 1990, he served as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Wold Communications, Inc., which later merged and became Keystone Communications, a satellite communications service provider.

Susan Harris

Ms. Susan L. Harris is Independent Director of General Finance Corporation. Ms. Harris served as a director of Mobile Services Group, Inc. and Mobile Storage Group, Inc., portable storage companies from May 2004 to August 2006 and from May 2002 to August 2006, respectively. Ms. Harris retired from SunAmerica Inc., a NYSE-listed financial services company, where she served in a variety of positions between 1985 and 2000, including her most recent position as Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary. Prior to joining SunAmerica, Ms. Harris worked for the law firm of Lillick, McHose and Charles, specializing in corporate and securities law.

James Roszak

Mr. James B. Roszak is Independent Director of General Finance Corporation. Mr. Roszak was employed by the Life Insurance Division of Transamerica Corporation, a financial services organization engaged in life insurance, commercial lending, equipment leasing and real estate services, from 1962 until his retirement in 1997. From 1978 to 1988 Mr. Roszak was based in Toronto, Canada and during that time served as the President and Chief Executive Officer of Transamerica's life insurance operations in Canada. In 1988 Mr. Roszak returned to the U. S. Life insurance operations as the Chief Marketing Officer and was subsequently named President, the capacity in which he served until his retirement. Mr. Roszak also served on the board of directors of buy.com, an Internet retailer and NASDAQ-listed company and also served as its interim Chief Executive Officer from February 2001 to August 2001 when it was taken private. He was also a director of National RV Holdings from June 2003 until July 2008. He is currently a member of the Board of Trustees of Chapman University where he is the Chairman of the Finance Committee. Mr. Roszak also serves as a member of the Board of Regents of Brandman University where he is the board secretary.

Larry Clark

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