HAMILTON, Bermuda--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Textainer Group Holdings Limited (NYSE:TGH) ("Textainer"), the world's largest lessor of intermodal containers based on fleet size, today announced that it has appointed Hilliard C. Terry, III as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer and Daniel W. Cohen as Vice President and General Counsel.

"We are very excited to have Hilliard and Dan join our leadership team," said Philip K. Brewer, President and Chief Executive Officer of Textainer. "Hilliard brings an ideal blend of extensive public company treasury and financing expertise, coupled with significant international experience. Dan combines the practical experience of a corporate counsel and the insight of having worked on many mergers and acquisitions and securitization transactions at leading law firms. Their skills will enable Textainer to build on our success as the world's largest container lessor, delivering industry-leading service for our customers and solid returns for our stockholders."

Mr. Terry was most recently Vice President and Treasurer and formerly the head of Investor Relations at Agilent Technologies, Inc., where he has worked since the company's spin-off from Hewlett-Packard Company. Before joining Agilent, he worked in marketing and investor relations for HP's VeriFone subsidiary. Mr. Terry has also held positions in investor relations and investment banking with Kenetech Corporation and Goldman, Sachs & Co., respectively. He holds an MBA from Golden Gate University and a BA from the University of California at Berkeley.

Mr. Cohen was previously with Sybase, Inc. for six years where he served as Corporate Counsel. Before joining Sybase, he practiced corporate, securities and mergers and acquisitions law with Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati in Palo Alto and practiced finance and securitization law with Mayer Brown in Chicago and Sidley Austin LLP in London. Mr. Cohen holds a JD from Northwestern University and a BS with honors from the University of Illinois. He is a member of the California Bar and previously passed the CPA exam.

Mr. Terry's appointment will be effective in January while Mr. Cohen's appointment was effective in September. Ernest Furtado, who had been serving as the Company's Chief Financial Officer will continue to serve as the Company's Senior Vice President and Chief Accounting and Compliance Officer.

About Textainer Group Holdings Limited

Textainer is the world's largest lessor of intermodal containers based on fleet size. The Company began operations in 1979 and today has a total of more than 1.6 million containers, representing more than 2.4 million TEU, in our owned and managed fleet. The Company leases dry freight, refrigerated, and specialized containers. Each year Textainer is one of the largest purchasers of new containers among container lessors, as well as one of the largest sellers of used containers. Textainer leases containers to more than 400 shipping lines and other lessees and sells containers to more than 1,100 customers. Textainer provides services worldwide via a network of regional and area offices, as well as independent depots.

Textainer Group Holdings Limited
Mr. Tom Gallo, 415-658-8227
Investor Relations Director
ir@textainer.com

Source: Textainer Group Holdings Limited

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