FAIRFIELD, Conn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 29, 2005--GE today announces the appointment of five new company officers.
Steve Bertamini, 41, is Vice President, Chairman & CEO, GE China. Prior to this role, Bertamini was President and CEO for GE in Australia and New Zealand, a role he held since January 2001. Previously, he was Group CEO, Consumer & Insurance for Australia and New Zealand. In 1994, Bertamini was Senior Vice President & Managing Director for GE Consumer Finance Asia in Hong Kong. Before this, he was Vice President, Business Development for Consumer Finance Asia also based in Hong Kong. Bertamini received his Masters' degree in Finance & Banking from the University of North Texas in 1991 and his Bachelors' in Finance & Management from the University of Texas in 1985.
Ray Duggins, 52, is Senior Vice President, Risk Management, GE Consumer Finance. Duggins joined GE Consumer Finance in 1997 from Mellon Bank where he was Senior Vice President of the company's credit card division. Prior to Mellon, Duggins held a number of senior Risk positions at American Express, Sears Roebuck and Company, and the Bank of New York. Duggins received an MBA from Columbia in 1978 and a Masters Degree in Political Science from Columbia in 1976. He received his B.A. in Political Science from Duke University in 1976.
Tom Gentile, 41, is President and CEO, GE Money- Australia and New Zealand, a role he has had since June 2002. Gentile has helped make GE Money one of Australia's leading banking and financial services companies. Gentile has held a variety of senior positions since he joined GE in 1997, including Six Sigma leader and President & CEO, GE Consumer Finance-France. Gentile joined GE in 1997 from CBS Corporation, where he was Vice President, Strategy. Previously, Gentile had been with McKinsey and Co. as Senior Engagement Manager. Gentile earned an MBA from Harvard in 1990 and a Bachelors Degree in Economics from Harvard in 1986.
Margaret Keane, 46, is President and CEO, Retail Consumer Finance, GE Consumer Finance-Americas. In her role, Keane is in charge of driving growth for the company's retail card clients. Keane joined GE Consumer Finance in 2002 as Senior Vice President, Operations for Consumer Finance-Americas. She was Chief Quality Officer with GE Capital from 2000 to 2002. Margaret joined GE in 1996 from Citibank, where she had been Retail Bank Operations Director. Margaret earned an MBA from St. John's University in 1986 and a Bachelors' in Political Science in 1981.
Dmitri Stockton, 41, is President and CEO, Central and Eastern Europe, GE Consumer Finance. Stockton joined GE Consumer Finance in 2001 from GE Mortgage Insurance, a component of GE Commercial Finance, where he was Senior Vice President, Business Development. From 1999 to 2001, he was Senior Vice President, Marketing, for Mortgage Insurance. Stockton joined GE in 1987 from Arthur Anderson. Stockton earned a B.A. in Accounting from North Carolina A&T State University in 1986.
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