Thor Industries (THO) Names New CFO

Thor Industries, Inc. (NYSE: THO) has hired Christian G. Farman as its Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Farman has broad, successful experience as a chief financial officer of public and private companies. He is a CPA and holds a BBA in accounting from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst.

After spending 10 years at PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, where he was a senior audit manager, Mr. Farman joined Vivendi North America, a $5 billion revenue water treatment and environmental services company, where he rose to become its Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. He has also served as Chief Financial Officer of Insituform Technologies, Inc. (Nasdaq: INSU).

Walter L. Bennett, Thor's current Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, becomes Executive Vice President and Chief Administrative Officer.[SM]