People: Thor Industries Inc (THO)

THO on New York Consolidated

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20 May 2013
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Summary

Name Age Since Current Position

Peter Orthwein

67 2012 Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer

Robert Martin

43 2012 President, Chief Operating Officer

Dominic Romeo

2013 Chief Financial Officer, Senior Vice President

Andrew Imanse

72 2012 President of Bus Group

W. Todd Woelfer

45 2012 Senior Vice President, General Counsel, Corporate Secretary

Colleen Zuhl

46 2013 Vice President, Corporate Controller

Kenneth Julian

45 2011 Vice President - Human Resources

Geoffrey Thompson

72 2007 Lead Independent Director

Andrew Graves

53 2010 Independent Director

J. Allen Kosowsky

64 2010 Independent Director

Alan Siegel

77 1983 Independent Director

Jan Suwinski

71 1999 Independent Director

James Ziemer

63 2010 Independent Director

Biographies

Name Description

Peter Orthwein

Mr. Peter B. Orthwein is Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer of Thor Industries, Inc. Mr. Orthwein, a co-founder of the Company, currently serves as Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of the Company, having been appointed to those positions in November 2009, and served as President from 2009 to July 2012. Mr. Orthwein has served as a director of the Company since its founding in 1980, Chairman of the Company from 1980 to 1986, Vice Chairman of the Company from 1986 to November 2009 and Treasurer of the Company from 1980 to November 2009.

Robert Martin

Mr. Robert W. Martin is President, Chief Operating Officer of Thor Industries, Inc., since August 1, 2012. Mr. Martin has been with the Company since July 1998 and currently serves as President and Chief Operating Officer. Mr. Martin previously served as President of the Company RV Group from January 31, 2012, to August 1, 2012. Previous to becoming President of the Company RV Group, Mr. Martin was President of Keystone RV from January 2010 to January 2012 and Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of Keystone RV from January 2007 to January 2010. Mr. Martin has held various positions with Keystone RV, including Vice President of Sales and General Manager of Sales. Prior to joining Keystone RV, Mr. Martin held positions at Coachmen Industries, Inc., a former recreation vehicle and manufactured housing company.

Dominic Romeo

Mr. Dominic A. Romeo has been appointed as the Chief Financial Officer, Senior Vice President of Thor Industries, Inc., effective February 4, 2013. He served as Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of IDEX Corporation from 2004 to 2011. Prior to that, he served as Vice President – Chief Financial Officer of Honeywell Aerospace, a segment of Honeywell International, from 2001 to 2004. From 1999 to 2001, Mr. Romeo served as Vice President – Chief Financial Officer of Engines, Systems and Services, a segment of Honeywell International. Mr. Romeo holds a B.A. in both Accounting and Business Administration from Manchester College.

Andrew Imanse

Mr. Andrew Imanse is President of Bus Group of Thor Industries Inc. Mr. Imanse has been with the Company since 1982. In November 1982, Mr. Imanse joined the Company as President of the Canadian Recreational Vehicle Division. In 1993, Mr. Imanse was promoted to President of Thor Bus USA. In September 2007, Mr. Imanse was named President of the Company Bus Group. Prior to joining the Company, Mr. Imanse was employed as Vice President of the Recreational Vehicles and Housing Division for the Bendix Corporation (Canadian Division) and in 1979 for the Commodore Corporation Canada.

W. Todd Woelfer

Mr. W. Todd Woelfer is Senior Vice President, General Counsel, Corporate Secretary of Thor Industries, Inc. Mr. Woelfer joined the Company in August of 2012. Prior to joining the Company, Mr. Woelfer served as managing partner of May Oberfell Lorber where his practice focused on advising corporate clients. From May of 2007 through May of 2010, Mr. Woelfer served as General Counsel to Coachmen Industries, Inc., then a recreation vehicle and manufactured housing company listed on the NYSE.

Colleen Zuhl

Mrs. Colleen A. Zuhl is Vice President, Corporate Controller of Thor Industries, Inc. Mrs. Zuhl joined the Company in June of 2011. Mrs. Zuhl previously served the Company as Director of Finance from June 2011 to October 2012. Prior to joining the Company, Mrs. Zuhl served as Chief Financial Officer of All American Group, Inc. (formerly known as Coachmen Industries, Inc.) from August 2006 through June 2011.

Kenneth Julian

Mr. Kenneth D. Julian is Vice President - Human Resources of Thor industries Inc. Mr. Julian has been with the Company since March 2004. Mr. Julian previously served as Vice President of Administration of Keystone RV from March 2004 to June 2009. Prior to joining the Company, Mr. Julian served as the Director of Operations and Human Resources, as well as Corporate Secretary, for Ascot Enterprises, Inc. from February 1989 to March 2004.

Geoffrey Thompson

Mr. Geoffrey A. Thompson is Lead Independent Director of Thor Industries, Inc. Mr. Thompson, who became a director in September 2003, is the retired Chief Executive Officer of Marine Midland Banks, Inc., where he served as President from 1985 to 1992 and Chief Executive Officer from 1987 to 1992. After serving with Marine Midland Banks, Inc., Mr. Thompson worked as an independent business consultant and served as a principal at Kohlberg & Company and, from 2004 to 2010, was a partner of Palisades Advisors, LLC, a private equity firm. Mr. Thompson served on the board of directors of Stoneleigh Partners Acquisition Corp. from 2006 to 2009 and HSBC plc, one of the world’s five banks, from 1984 to 1992.

Andrew Graves

Mr. Andrew E. Graves is Independent Director of Thor Industries, Inc. He is the President of Brunswick Boat Group, a division of the Brunswick Corporation, an NYSE company. He has been with Brunswick since 2005. Prior to that, Mr. Graves was President of Dresser Flow Solutions, a maker of flow control products, measurement systems and power systems, from 2003 to 2005, and before that, he was President and Chief Operating Officer of Federal Signal Corporation. Mr. Graves was identified to the company through a third party search firm.

J. Allen Kosowsky

Mr. J. Allen Kosowsky CPA., is Independent Director of Thor Industries, Inc., since March 11, 2010. Mr. Kosowsky is a certified public accountant who since 1985 has conducted business through his own advisory firm. The firm provides services that include business and intellectual property valuations, forensic accounting and financial analysis and alternative dispute resolutions. From January 2003 to February 2010, Mr. Kosowsky served as the Chairman of the board of directors and Chairman of the audit committee for ON2 Technologies Inc., a U.S. based video compression software company, which was acquired by Google, Inc.

Alan Siegel

Mr. Alan Siegel is Independent Director of Thor Industries, Inc. since September 1983. He is a retired partner of the law firm of Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP and currently serves as an officer and director of The Thompson Family Foundation, Inc., a charitable foundation created by Wade F. B. Thompson, the deceased co-founder of the Company. Mr. Siegel previously served as non-executive Chairman of the board of directors of The Wet Seal, Inc., a national retailer. He has also served on the board of directors of several other public and private companies including Ermenegildo Zegna, AXA RE, and Southern Starr Broadcasting Group, Inc.

Jan Suwinski

Mr. Jan H. Suwinski is Independent Director of Thor Industries, Inc., since July 1999. He has been a Professor of Business Operations at the Samuel Curtis Johnson Graduate School of Management, Cornell University since July 1996. From 1990 to 1996, Mr. Suwinski was Executive Vice President, Opto Electronics Group at Corning, Incorporated and, from 1992 to 1996, Mr. Suwinski was Chairman of Siecor, a Siemens/Corning joint venture. Mr. Suwinski is a director of Tellabs, Inc. and ACI Worldwide, Inc. Mr. Suwinski served on the board of directors of Ohio Casualty Group, Inc. from 2002 to 2007. Mr. Suwinski spent 32 years in a variety of managerial roles at Corning, Incorporated, a global manufacturing company.

James Ziemer

Mr. James L. Ziemer is Independent Director of Thor Industries, Inc. He was the President, Chief Executive Officer and a director of Harley-Davidson, Inc. from 2005 to 2009. Mr. Ziemer joined Harley-Davidson in 1969 and held a series of positions in manufacturing, engineering, accounting, parts and accessories, and finance. From 1991 until his election as the President and Chief Executive Officer of Harley-Davidson in 2005, he served as the Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Ziemer also served as President of The Harley-Davidson Foundation, Inc. from 1993 to 2006. Mr. Ziemer is currently a director of Textron, Inc. Mr. Ziemer was identified to the company through a third party search firm.

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