FAIRFIELD, Conn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--GE today announces a series of executive appointments including three new Company officers and two senior vice presidents.
Michael J. Harsh, 52, is Vice President, Technology, GE Industrial. A 27-year company veteran, Harsh has been Manager of Imaging Technologies at GE's Global Research Center since July 2004. Prior to that, he had a succession of roles in technology at GE Healthcare. From 2000 to 2004, Harsh was General Manager of Global MR Engineering for GE Healthcare. From 1998 to 2000, he was General Manager, Global Technology, GE Healthcare Information Technologies. Harsh graduated with a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from Marquette University in Milwaukee, Wisconsin in 1978.
Jeffrey A. Nagel, 42, is Vice President, Services, Oil & Gas, GE Infrastructure. Nagel has held this role since October 2006. Prior to that, Nagel was President, GE Inspection Technologies from 2003. He was General Manager of Business Development for Aviation from February 2001 until 2003. Prior to that, he was the President of GE Home Electric Products from August 1998. He joined GE in May of 1997 as the Manager of Business Development at GE Lighting. Nagel received an M.S. in Business Administration and a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Carnegie Mellon in 1987.
Roman Oryschuk, 53, is President & CEO, GE - Capital Solutions, Europe. Oryschuk started his career at GE in 1993 as President & CEO, Equipment Financing, Canada within GE Commercial Finance. He held that role until 2003 when he took responsibility for the Equipment Finance business in Europe. Before GE, Oryschuk was President & CEO, National Bank Leasing for the National Bank of Canada. Oryschuk received his Masters' in Finance/Accounting from McGill University in Montreal, Canada in 1983 and his Bachelors in Marketing and International Business, also from McGill in 1976.
GE also today announced the appointment of two new Company senior vice presidents.
William H. Cary, 47, is President & CEO, GE Money, Europe, Middle East & Africa (EMEA), which employs 23,000 people across 23 countries, has a net income of $1.4 billion and assets of $77billion. He assumed the role in March 2006. Prior to his current role, Cary was GE's Vice President of Investor Communications, based at the Company's global headquarters in Fairfield, Connecticut. Prior to that, Cary was GE's vice president of financial planning and analysis. During his career he has held positions in Asia, the Americas and Europe. Cary joined GE as a member of the Company's Finance Management Program (FMP) in 1986. He received a B.S. in Finance from San Jose University in 1986.
John Dineen, 43, is President & CEO, GE Infrastructure, Transportation; a global business that will report revenues in excess of $4 billion in 2006. Dineen took over this role in June 2005. Prior to his current role, Dineen served as Vice President & General Manager, Resins at GE -- Plastics. He has held a variety of assignments at GE, including General Manager of the Power Equipment business in Plainville, Connecticut; General Manager of the Meter business in Somersworth, New Hampshire; General Manager of the Microwave and Air-conditioning Businesses in Louisville, Kentucky; President of GE Plastics Pacific and various assignments in Corporate Finance. Dineen joined GE in 1986 as a Telecommunications manager based in Rockville, Maryland. Dineen is a graduate of the University of Vermont where he earned a bachelor's degree in genetics and a bachelor's degree in computer science.
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