GE announced the appointment of two new company officers, Clara Gaymard and Raghu Krishnamoorthy.
FAIRFIELD, Conn.--31 July 2009-- GE today announces the appointment of two new company officers. GE currently has 187 GE officers globally. GE officers lead large revenue generating businesses or are in critical functional roles, helping to drive growth.
Below is the list of GE's two new officers:
Clara Gaymard, 49, is vice president, government strategy and sales for GE International and National Executive for GE in France.
Clara joined GE three years ago as National Executive for GE in France. In 2008, she was appointed as the Regional Executive for GE in Northwestern Europe. In April of this year she was appointed to head GE's government strategy and sales initiativeoutside of the United States.
Clara has been responsible for building a strong country strategy for GE in close coordination with the GE businesses to identify and promote growth opportunities for GE in France. She has played a key role in several landmark transactions with the French Government and major customers.
Prior to joining GE, Clara was Ambassador, president of Invest in France Agency, in charge of promoting foreign investments in France. Before that, she was a Deputy Director in the French Ministry of Finance.
Clara is a graduate from the ENA, the French national school of administration, holds a Masters degree in Political Science from The Paris Institute of Political Studies, and a degree in law and history.
In France, she is Chevalier of the National Merit Order and Chevalier of the Legion d'Honneur, and is a Commendatore of the Italian Republic Merit Order.
Clara is also the author of several published works. Clara lives in Paris with her husband, Hervé, and their 9 children.
Raghu Krishnamoorthy, 48, is vice president, human resources at GE Aviation, a division within GE Technology Infrastructure.
Raghu has more than 15 years of human resources experience at GE, including several global and operational leadership roles. His experiences range from the start up of GECIS (now GENPACT) in India, to HR manager for GE Capital Asia Pacific, the Global HR leader for Fleet services based in Minneapolis and the EMEA HR leader for GE Money.
Prior to his most recent appointment of vice president, human resources at GE Aviation, Raghu managed human resources for the Corporate Marketing and Commercial team. In that role, he made a significant impact on the Commercial organization by elevating the position of the Commercial function and leading the development of the GE commercial capabilities.
Raghu holds a Management degree from the Indian Institute of Management and was a Fulbright scholar at the University of Minnesota.
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