GE has appointed six new roles to the leadership team for GE Vernova, the company’s portfolio of energy businesses, including wind turbines.
The new appointments span legal, business development and financial at GE Vernova.
The unit, which comprises all energy businesses of GE, including renewables, is planned for a tax-free investment grade spin-off from the parent company sometime in early 2024.
Rob Duffy will serve as Vice President of Business Development, effective immediately.
Duffy currently serves as Vice President of Business Development in GE’s Corporate Business Development group, which is responsible for implementation of GE’s corporate acquisition and divestiture strategy across its businesses.
He started his GE career in 2003 and previously served as Vice President of Business Development at GE Power, GE’s largest industrial unit with over $29bn of revenues.
Angelica Tritzo will serve as Vice President of Digital Technologies, effective immediately.
Tritzo currently serves as GE Vernova’s Separation Management Office (SMO) Leader for Digital Technologies as well as Chief Information Officer (CIO) for GE Renewable Energy.
In her CIO role, she’s delivered business results driving digital transformation outcomes for a $15bn global industrial business serving the renewable energy industry.
Nomi Ahmad has been appointed CEO of GE Energy Financial Services (EFS), effective 1 March, succeeding Susan Flanagan, who retired from GE.
Ahmad most recently served as Operating Partner/CEO of an energy storage platform at Sandbrook Capital and prior to this, he was CFO at Highview Power and CEO of Sembcorp Energy UK, which managed over 1 GW of energy generation assets in the UK.
Rachel Gonzalez will join GE Vernova as General Counsel, effective 1 April, having most recently served as General Counsel of Starbucks Coffee Corporation, where she handled legal and regulatory affairs, global security and data privacy, as well as ethics and compliance.
Amber Kagan will serve as the Chief Compliance Officer (CCO) and head of Labor and Employment (L&E) for GE Vernova post spin.
Kagan joined GE in 2010 and serves as the CCO and Global Head of L&E for GE.
Steven Baert will join GE Vernova as Chief People Officer (CPO), effective 1 April, from his role as managing partner and founder of Propuli, a firm based in Switzerland, specialising in human capital advisory services for clients including Carlyle Private Equity.
“I’m thrilled to welcome this experienced and accomplished set of leaders to the team,” said Scott Strazik, CEO of GE Vernova.
“This is a group of individuals that will bring global perspectives and diverse insights to our business. I’m confident that this team will successfully lead GE Vernova forward as we continue to both electrify and decarbonize the world and as we work towards our planned spin.”