Senior Vice President, Corporate Controller

Carol Hayles is Senior Vice President and Corporate Controller. She serves as the Company’s Principal Accounting Officer and is responsible for managing the Accounting department, as well as all SEC and regulatory reporting.

Prior to CIT, Hayles spent the past 24 years in various finance roles of increasing responsibility at Citigroup, Inc. Most recently she served as Deputy Controller of Citigroup, Inc. Before this she also served as Chief Financial Officer of Citibank’s e-Business, CFO of Citigroup’s Global Relationship Bank, CFO of Citibank Canada and held internal audit and investor relations positions. Hayles started her career at PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP. She received her BBA from York University.

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