The Toro Company Names Heather M. Hille Vice President of Corporate Affairs and Investor Relations

BLOOMINGTON, Minn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct 8, 2025--

The Toro Company (NYSE: TTC), a leading global provider of solutions for the outdoor environment, today announced that Heather M. Hille has been named vice president of corporate affairs and investor relations, effective immediately.

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Hille has served as managing director of corporate affairs since 2019. In her new role, she will have responsibility for overseeing investor relations, public relations and corporate marketing, corporate communications and media production resources, community giving, and facility operations at The Toro Company’s global headquarters.

“Heather’s exceptional leadership and strategic vision make her uniquely equipped to drive clarity, consistency, and purpose across our organization,” said Richard Olson, chairman and chief executive officer at The Toro Company. “Throughout her tenure, she has consistently demonstrated the ability to connect strategy with execution, foster trusted relationships across stakeholder groups, and elevate our communications in ways that reflect the strength of our global brands and the values we uphold. By consolidating these teams under her leadership, Heather is well-positioned to strengthen and align strategic communications across all TTC stakeholders and lead increased engagement with the investment community.”

Since joining The Toro Company in 2006 as corporate counsel, Heather held roles of increasing responsibility within the legal function, overseeing employment law, regulatory compliance, ethics, real estate, and commercial contracts. In 2015, she transitioned to finance as director of investor relations, demonstrating exceptional leadership and ensuring stability and confidence within the investment community. She was promoted to managing director of corporate affairs in 2019, where she led public relations, corporate communications, media production resources, community giving and facilities. Most recently, Heather expanded her scope to include investor relations, further aligning strategic messaging across stakeholders.

Hille holds a Bachelor of Arts in legal studies from Hamline University and a Juris Doctor from Mitchell Hamline School of Law, both in Saint Paul, Minnesota. Heather is a member of the Minnesota State and Hennepin County bar associations and serves on several boards, including The Toro Company Foundation, The Minnesota Landscape Arboretum, and Pinky Swear.

About The Toro Company

The Toro Company (NYSE: TTC) is a leading global provider of solutions for the outdoor environment including turf and landscape maintenance, snow and ice management, underground utility construction, rental and specialty construction, and irrigation and outdoor lighting solutions. With net sales of $4.6 billion in fiscal 2024, The Toro Company’s global presence extends to more than 125 countries through a family of brands that includes Toro, Ditch Witch, Exmark, Spartan, BOSS, Ventrac, American Augers, Subsite, HammerHead, Radius, Perrot, Hayter, Unique Lighting Systems, Irritrol, and Lawn-Boy. Through constant innovation and caring relationships built on trust and integrity, The Toro Company and its family of brands have built a legacy of excellence by helping customers work on golf courses, sports fields, construction sites, public green spaces, commercial and residential properties and agricultural operations. For more information, visit www.thetorocompany.com.

Heather Hille named vice president of Corporate Affairs and Investor Relations at The Toro Company

LONDON (AP) — The estranged husband of former Scottish leader Nicola Sturgeon created fake invoices and falsified accounting records as he embezzled more than 400,000 pounds ($540,000) from the Scottish National Party to buy hundreds of items from a luxury motorhome to Nintendo games, prosecutors said Tuesday.

Former SNP chief executive Peter Murrell, 61, rode in a prison van Tuesday to the High Court in Edinburgh, where prosecutor Alan Cameron detailed how Murrell stole cash from the party's main bank account to go on a personal spending spree.

Court papers revealed a long list of things he bought over more than a decade with the stolen funds, including two cars, a motorhome and luxury items like watches and crystal drinking glasses. But there was also a wide range of humdrum household items like gardening tools, electric toothbrushes, a bottle of super glue and shower squeegees.

Cameron said Murrell sought to dodge suspicion by giving his purchases misleading descriptions in the party finance system — for example, by recording a robotic lawnmower costing 3,070 pounds ($4,136) as spending on “legal fees.”

A look at some of the items Murrell bought with party funds according to prosecutors, by the numbers:

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Amount Murrell spent on a motorhome, which was described as a “van” in an invoice, and was never used by another party member. Police said it was only driven for four miles before it was seized.

Total spent on buying luxury leather goods and stationery from London retailer Smythson.

Amount spent on an ornate silver wine coaster, falsely described as spending on “leadership expenses.”

Amount spent on two luxury Bremont watches, recorded on accounting software as “event merchandise.”

Amount spent on two salt and pepper grinders from Lalique.

Number of purchases from Amazon that Murrell made using SNP “charge cards" at a total cost of $57,474 over 12 years, including PlayStation and Nintendo consoles, a Super Mario video game, knife sets, kitchenware and luxury Montblanc fountain pens.

Number of cars Murrell bought with party funds. He first bought a Volkswagen Golf in 2016 using $22,220 of SNP money, and later traded that car in to buy a Jaguar, claiming the expense was for staging party events. In 2021, he sold the vehicle and personally pocketed about $63,844.

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Prosecutors said Murrell was able to siphon the money because he had control over the party’s account, which held money from membership fees and donations by party members.

Murrell pleaded guilty last week to embezzlement from 2010 to 2022. Sturgeon, who led the SNP for a decade, has strenuously rejected any blame for Murrell’s crimes, and said that she was “deceived, misled and betrayed.” The pair announced last year that they were divorcing.

Sturgeon was arrested in June 2023 over the party finances investigation, and was later cleared by police.

Murrell is set to be sentenced later this month.

The SNP has led Scotland’s semiautonomous government for almost two decades while campaigning for Scotland to break away from the United Kingdom.

Jack McConnell, a former Scottish leader, said the scandal has damaged trust in politics and is an embarrassment.

McConnell, who was defeated by the SNP at an election in 2007, said the matter wasn't "just hilarious tittle-tattle here in Scotland.”

“This is embarrassing internationally for us now and we need to take it seriously," he said.

Former SNP chief executive Peter Murrell, center arrives at Edinburgh High Court, in Edinburgh, Scotland, Monday May 25, 2026. (Jane Barlow/PA via AP)

FILE - Scotland's First Minister of Scotland Nicola Sturgeon is interviewed in Washington, May 17, 2022. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)

Former SNP chief executive Peter Murrell arrives in a prison van at the High Court in Edinburgh for a further hearing, following his admission that he embezzled more than £400,000 from the SNP, Tuesday, June 2, 2026. (Jane Barlow/PA /PA via AP)