GE: Michael Neal, Chairman and CEO, President, CEO, GE Capital, GE Capital Services, Biography

Michael A. Neal is a vice chairman of GE. He is also the chairman and chief executive officer of GE Capital.

GE Capital provides financial products and services to businesses and consumers globally. It finished 2008 with net income of nearly $9 billion and assets in excess of $570 billion.

Neal joined GE in 1979, working on the company's industrial side. In 1987, Neal was named vice president and general manager of Vendor Financial Services. Three years later, Neal became general manager of GE Commercial Equipment Financing (CEF). Under his leadership, CEF became the world's largest provider of financing for equipment of all types.

Neal served as GE Capital executive vice president from 1994 to 1999 - a period of enormous growth for GE's financial services businesses. In 2000, he was named GE Capital's president and chief operating officer.

In 2002, Neal became president and CEO of GE Commercial Finance and President of GE Capital Services. Three years later, he was named a vice chairman of GE and chairman of GE Capital.

Neal is a graduate of the Georgia Institute of Technology.