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The primary role of GE Aerospace's Board of Directors is to oversee how management serves the interests of shareowners and other stakeholders. To do this, GE Aerospace's directors have adopted corporate governance principles aimed at ensuring that the Board is independent and fully informed on the key strategic and risk issues GE Aerospace faces. GE Aerospace has met its goal to have two-thirds of its Board be independent under a strict definition of independence. Today, 9 of the Board's 10 directors are independent.
Chairman & CEO, GE Aerospace
Chairman (since 2024) & CEO (since 2023), GE Aerospace
Birthplace: United States
H. Lawrence (Larry) Culp, Jr., is the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of GE and Chief Executive Officer of GE Aerospace. Larry is GE’s twelfth CEO and eleventh Chairman. He joined the GE Board of Directors in April 2018 and was appointed CEO of GE in October 2018. In June 2022, he was appointed CEO of GE Aerospace. As CEO, Larry has led GE’s transformation to become a more focused, simpler, and stronger high-tech industrial company.
Under his leadership, GE’s total gross debt reduction will be more than $100 billion through 2023. He has championed lean, bringing a focus on customer value, driving improvements in safety, quality, delivery, and cost, and running the company closer to the customer by creating nearly thirty P&Ls to increase operational visibility. Larry has also led the transformation of GE’s portfolio, including the sales of GE Capital Aviation Services (GECAS), Lighting, BioPharma, and the completion of the spin of GE Transportation along with its subsequent merger with Wabtec.
In November 2021, GE announced its plan to form three industry-leading, global public companies focused on the high-growth sectors of aviation, healthcare, and energy. GE HealthCare spun-off in January of 2023 and Larry serves as non-executive chairman of the company. He will continue to serve as chairman and CEO of GE and CEO of GE Aerospace until the spin-off of GE Vernova - the combined GE Renewable Energy and Power businesses - at which point, he will lead the GE aviation-focused company going forward.
Prior to joining GE, Larry served as the President and CEO of Danaher Corporation from 2000 to 2014, and during his tenure the company increased both its revenues and its market capitalization five-fold. Investors and analysts consistently ranked him as one of the top CEOs in annual Institutional Investor surveys, Harvard Business Review named Larry one of the Top 50 CEOs in the world and, Barron’s has named him one of the Top 25 CEOs in the world four times since 2020.
Larry joined Danaher in 1990 at Veeder-Root, becoming President in 1993. He was appointed Group Executive and Corporate Officer in 1995, with responsibility for Danaher’s Environmental and Electronic Test and Measurement platforms while also serving as President of Fluke and Fluke Networks. He was named Executive Vice President in 1999, Chief Operating Officer in 2001, and President and CEO in 2001.
Larry is a member and the immediate past chair of the Board of Visitors and Governors of his alma mater, Washington College, and also serves on the Wake Forest University Board of Trustees. Previously, Larry was a Senior Lecturer at Harvard Business School, where he focused on leadership, strategy and general management in the MBA and executive education programs.
A member of Phi Beta Kappa, Larry earned a B.A. in Economics from Washington College and an MBA from Harvard Business School
Former CEO and President, Danaher (2001–2014), a global science and technology company operating in the healthcare, environmental and applied-end markets; joined Danaher subsidiary Veeder-Root in 1990, serving in a number of leadership positions within Danaher, including COO and, following his retirement, Senior Advisor (2014-2016)
QUALIFICATIONS
Aerospace & Defense Sector
Operations
Public Company CEP Experience
Finance & Accounting
Investor/Capital Allocation
Global
Chairman, Linde
Independent Director since 2022,
Birthplace: United States
PRINCIPAL OCCUPATION
Chairman, Linde, a leading global industrial gases and engineering company, Dublin, Ireland (since 2022)
PRIOR BUSINESS EXPERIENCE
CEO, Linde(2018-2022)
President & Chief Executive Officer, Praxair, a global
industrial gases company (subsequently Linde) (2007 -2018)
President & Chief Operating Officer, Praxair (2006
-2007)
Executive Vice President, North America, Europe and
Asia, Praxair (2001-2006)
Previously held various roles at General Electric
(1979-2001)
CURRENT PUBLIC COMPANY BOARDS
GE Aerospace
GE Vernova
Linde (Chair)
PAST PUBLIC COMPANY BOARDS
Praxair (Chair)
PPG Industries
EDUCATION
North Carolina State University
MBA, Loyola College
QUALIFICATIONS
Operations
Public Company CEP Experience
Finance & Accounting
Investor/Capital Allocation
Global
Chairman and CEO, AccorHotels
Independent Director since 2016,
Birthplace: France
PRINCIPAL OCCUPATION
Chairman and CEO, AccorHotels, a global hotel
company, Paris, France (since 2013)
PRIOR BUSINESS EXPERIENCE
CEO, Europe Colony Capital, a private investment
firm (1997-2013)
Group Managing Director, CEO and General Manager,
Immobilière Hôtelière (1992-1997)
Began Career in 1985 in U.S. finance sector, becoming
Vice President, M&A, PaineWebber
CURRENT PUBLIC COMPANY BOARDS
GE Aerospace
AccorHotels, including Accor Acquisition Company
PAST PUBLIC COMPANY BOARDS
Huazhu Group
Carrefour
Banyan Tree Holding
OTHER POSITIONS
Vice Chairman, Supervisory Board, Gustave Roussy
Foundation, cancer research funding
Chairman, Safar Ventures
EDUCATION
Sorbonne University
MA (Economics), Sorbonne University
QUALIFICATIONS
Operations
Public Company CEO Experience
Finance & Accounting
Investor/Capital Allocation
Global
Former President and CEO of BBA Aviation, plc's Global Engine Services Division and its predecessor Aftermarket Services Division
Independent Director since 2023,
Birthplace: United States
PRINCIPAL OCCUPATION
Former President and CEO of BBA Aviation, plc's Global Engine Services Division and its predecessor
Aftermarket Services Division (2009-2016)
PRIOR BUSINESS EXPERIENCE
President, Airplane Division and Chief Operating
Officer, Eclipse Aviation (2005-2008)
Vice President, General Manager, Honeywell
Aerospace (2003-2005)
Vice President, Engineering & Program Management,
Honeywell Aerospace (1997-2003)
Previously served in various management positions at
Douglas Aircraft Company, a division of the McDonnell
Douglas Corporation (1984-1996)
CURRENT PUBLIC COMPANY BOARDS
GE Aerospace
CAE, Inc.
PAST PUBLIC COMPANY BOARDS
Arconic Corporation
SkyWest, Inc.
OTHER POSITIONS
Board of Visitors, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
EDUCATION
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
MEng, Aerospace, Aeronautical and Astrological Engineering, California State University, Long Beach
QUALIFICATIONS
Aerospace & Defense Sector
Operations
Public Company CEP Experience
Global
Diversity
Former CEO of Airbus SE and its predecessor EADS NV
Independent Director since 2023,
Birthplace: Germany
PRINCIPAL OCCUPATION
Former CEO of Airbus SE and its predecessor EADS
NV (2005-2019)
PRIOR BUSINESS EXPERIENCE
Head of the Defence and Security Systems Business,
EADS NV (2000-2005)
Multiple positions at DaimlerChrysler Aerospace
(1991-2000)
Planning Staff, German Federal Ministry of Defence
(1989-1991)
Researcher, German Council on Foreign Relations and
International Institute for Strategic Studies (1988
- 1989)
CURRENT PUBLIC COMPANY BOARDS
GE Aerospace
Lilium N.V.
Linde AG
Lufthansa Group
PAST PUBLIC COMPANY BOARDS
Knorr-Bremse AG
OTHER POSITIONS
President, German Council on Foreign Relations (DGAP)
EDUCATION
PhD, University of Bonn
University of California, Los Angeles
Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms University
QUALIFICATIONS
Aerospace & Defense Sector
Operations
Public Company CEP Experience
Finance & Accounting
Global
Chairman and CEO, Garden Investments
Independent Director since 2017,
Birthplace: United States
PRINCIPAL OCCUPATION
Chairman and CEO, Garden Investments
PRIOR BUSINESS EXPERIENCE
Chief Investment Officer and Founding Partner, Trian
Fund Management, an investment management firm (2005-2023)
Vice Chairman and Director, Triarc Companies
(subsequently The Wendy’s Company and previously
Wendy’s/Arby’s Group) (2004-2007) and Executive
Vice President (2003-2004)
Managing Director, Credit Suisse First Boston (1999
-2003)
Managing Director, BT Alex Brown (1994-1999)
CURRENT PUBLIC COMPANY BOARDS
GE Aerospace
PAST PUBLIC COMPANY BOARDS
Bank of New York Mellon
Family Dollar Stores
Invesco
Janus Henderson Group
Legg Mason
Pentair
The Wendy’s Company
EDUCATION
Harvard College
QUALIFICATIONS
Finance & Accounting
Investor/Capital Allocation
Global
Former Chief Financial Officer, American Airlines and AMR Corporation
Independent Director since 2022,
Birthplace: Ukraine
PRINCIPAL OCCUPATION
Former Chief Financial Officer, American Airlines and
AMR Corporation, a global airline, Fort Worth, TX
(2010-2013)
PRIOR BUSINESS EXPERIENCE
Senior Vice President, Customer Relationship
Marketing, American Airlines and AMR Corporation
(2006-2010)
Vice President, American Airlines (1998-2006)
President, AMR Services (1996-1998)
Previously served in various management positions at
American Airlines (1986-1996)
Chemical Engineer, Dupont (1983-1985)
CURRENT PUBLIC COMPANY BOARDS
GE Aerospace
Marriott International
PAST PUBLIC COMPANY BOARDS
Gap
LyondellBasell Industries
OTHER POSITIONS
Director, MassMutual
Director, National Association of Corporate Directors,
North Texas
Member of the Advisory Board, The University of Texas
at Austin, Cockrell School of Engineering
Member of the Executive Board, Lyle School of
Engineering, Southern Methodist University
EDUCATION
University of Texas at Austin
MBA, Southern Methodist University
QUALIFICATIONS
Aerospace & Defense Sector
Operations
Finance & Accounting
Global
Diversity
Partner, Global Infrastructure Partners (since 2019)
Independent Director since 2018,
Birthplace: United States
PRINCIPAL OCCUPATION
Partner, Global Infrastructure Partners, an
infrastructure investment fund, New York, NY (since
2019)
PRIOR BUSINESS EXPERIENCE
Senior Advisor, Industrials and Business Services
Group, Warburg Pincus LLC, a private equity firm
focused on growth investing, New York, NY (2015
-2019)
Chairman, American Airlines Group, one of the largest
global airlines (formed following the merger of AMR
Corp and US Airways) (2013–2014)
Chairman and CEO, American Airlines (2011–2014)
Chairman and CEO, AMR (parent company of
American Airlines) (2010–2013)
EVP and CFO, AMR (2006–2010)
Vice Chairman and CFO, AT&T (2002–2006)
SVP and CFO, AMR (2000–2002); joined AMR in 1985,
serving in various finance and management roles
CURRENT PUBLIC COMPANY BOARDS
GE Aerospace
Walmart (lead director)
PAST PUBLIC COMPANY BOARDS
EnLink Midstream
Qualcomm
OTHER POSITIONS
Executive Board Member, Cox School of Business, Southern Methodist University
EDUCATION
Baylor University
MBA, Southern Methodist University
QUALIFICATIONS
Aerospace & Defense Sector
Operations
Public Company CEP Experience
Finance & Accounting
Investor/Capital Allocation
Global
Former Chief Financial Officer, HP
Independent Director since 2019,
Birthplace: Canada
PRINCIPAL OCCUPATION
Former Chief Financial Officer, HP, a global technology
company, and its predecessor, Hewlett-Packard, Palo
Alto, CA (2007-2018)
PRIOR BUSINESS EXPERIENCE
Interim Chief Operating Officer, HP (2018-2019)
Senior Vice President and Treasurer, HP (2003-2007)
Interim CEO, Hewlett Packard (2010)
Previously served in various leadership positions
within the financial organization at HP and Hewlett
Packard, including as Global Controller, Software
Solutions; Controller and Credit Manager for
Commercial Customers; and as Manager, Financial
Operations, Enterprise Marketing and Solutions
(joined Hewlett Packard in 1986)
CURRENT PUBLIC COMPANY BOARDS
GE Aerospace
GE HealthCare
PROS
PAST PUBLIC COMPANY BOARDS
SunPower
OTHER POSITIONS
Board, Haas School of Business, University of
California, Berkeley
EDUCATION
Stanford University
MBA, University of California, Berkeley
QUALIFICATIONS
Operations
Finance & Accounting
Investor/Capital Allocation
Global
Diversity
Retired Four-Star General, United States Air Force, and Former Commander of U.S Transportation Command
Independent Director since 2023,
Birthplace: United States
PRINCIPAL OCCUPATION
Retired Four-Star General, United States Air Force, and Former Commander of U.S Transportation Command (2015-2018)
PRIOR BUSINESS EXPERIENCE
Various roles across the U.S. military including Vice Director for Strategic Plans and Policy for the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Military Aide to the President, Director of Air Force Public Affairs, Chief of Air Force Senate Liaison Division
CURRENT PUBLIC COMPANY BOARDS
GE Aerospace
Abbot Laboratories
Parsons Corporation
OTHER POSITIONS
Director, United Services Automobile Association (USAA)
Director, Boys & Girls Club of America
Advisor, U.S. Innovative Technology
EDUCATION
Virginia Military Institute
MS, Aviation Management, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
QUALIFICATIONS
Aerospace & Defense Sector
Operations
Global
Diversity
GE Aerospace's governance framework guides the Board and management’s oversight of the company and is outlined in its governing documents.
The Certificate of Incorporation and By-Laws establish fundamental principles about GE Aerospace’s capital structure, shareowner rights and its directors and officers.
The Governance Principles provide additional detail on Board operations and key governance policies. The GE Aerospace Board has several standing committees, each of which has specified responsibilities that are set forth in its committee charter.
Our Code of Conduct, The Spirit & The Letter, sets forth our ethics and compliance standards for all employees and directors.
GE Aerospace brings to market innovative solutions that deliver essential energy, healthcare and transportation infrastructure. We do this by working with the highest integrity and respect for human rights while also reducing the impact of our technology and environmental footprint.
Find out moreAll comments, concerns and complaints can be sent to the Board via phone, e-mail or post, and will be addressed by the Audit Committee or GE Aerospace Ombudsperson's Office.
Because the Board receives a significant number of these communications, they are initially processed by the GE Aerospace Ombudsperson's Office, which acknowledges receipt to the person submitting the concern. The GE Aerospace Ombudsperson's Office supplies significant concerns raised that relates to accounting, internal accounting controls or auditing matters (or a summary) directly to the Chairman of the Audit Committee. The GE Aerospace Ombudsperson's Office also regularly provides copies or summaries of other communications directly to directors depending on the nature of the issues or concerns raised.
With respect to all other communications, the GE Aerospace Ombudsperson's Office provides regular reports to the Audit Committee and GE Aerospace's lead director at least annually. These reports summarize the communications by subject matter and frequency, and break out significant concerns. The reports also include a summary of the status of significant matters that are under review or investigation in response to a concern. This approach ensures that concerns are raised to the directors in an effective manner that accurately informs them of the nature and frequency of the concerns.
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