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The GE Board held 22 meetings
in 2008, and each outside Board
member visited at least two GE
businesses without the involvement
of corporate management, in
order to develop his or her own feel
for the Company.
James J. Mulva 4
Chairman, President and Chief Executive
Officer, ConocoPhillips, international
integrated energy company, Houston, Texas.
Director since 2008.
Claudio X. Gonzalez 1, 2, 3
Chairman of the Board, Kimberly-Clark
de Mexico, S.A. de C.V., Mexico City,
Mexico, consumer products.
Director since 1993.
Robert W. Lane 1
Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive
Officer, Deere & Company, agricultural,
construction, and forestry equipment,
Moline, Illinois. Director since 2005.
Andrea Jung 2, 3
Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive
Officer, Avon Products, Inc., beauty products,
New York, New York. Director since 1998.
Susan Hockfield 3, 4
President of the Massachusetts Institute of
Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Director since 2006.
Roger S. Penske 4
Chairman of the Board, Penske Corporation,
Penske Truck Leasing Corporation, and
Penske Automotive Group, Inc., diversified
transportation company, Detroit, Michigan.
Director since 1994.
Alan G. (A.G.) Lafley 3
Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive
Officer, Procter & Gamble Company, personal
and household products, Cincinnati, Ohio.
Director since 2002.
James I. Cash, Jr. 1, 4
Emeritus James E. Robison Professor of
Business Administration, Harvard Graduate
School of Business, Boston, Massachusetts.
Director since 1997.
Sam Nunn 2, 4
Co-Chairman and Chief Executive Officer,
Nuclear Threat Initiative, Washington, D.C.
Director since 1997.
Ann M. Fudge 4
Former Chairman and Chief Executive
Officer, Young & Rubicam Brands, global
marketing communications
network, New York, New York.
Director since 1999.
Sir William M. Castell 4
Former Vice Chairman,
General Electric Company.
Director since 2004.
Douglas A. Warner III 1, 2, 3
Former Chairman of the Board,
J.P. Morgan Chase & Co., The Chase
Manhattan Bank, and Morgan Guaranty
Trust Company, investment banking,
New York, New York. Director since 1992.
Ralph S. Larsen 2, 3, 5
Former Chairman of the Board and Chief
Executive Officer, Johnson & Johnson, phar-
maceutical, medical and consumer prod-
ucts, New Brunswick, New Jersey.
Director since 2002.
Robert J. Swieringa 1
Professor of Accounting and former Anne
and Elmer Lindseth Dean, S.C. Johnson
Graduate School of Management , Cornell
University, Ithaca, New York.
Director since 2002.
Rochelle B. Lazarus 3, 4
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer,
Ogilvy & Mather Worldwide, global marketing
communications company, New York,
New York. Director since 2000.
Jeffrey R. Immelt 4
Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive
Officer, General Electric Company. Director
since 2000.
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1 Audit Committee
2 Management Development and
Compensation Committee
3 Nominating and Corporate Governance
Committee
4 Public Responsibilities Committee
5 Presiding Director
INTERNAL DIRECTORSEXTERNAL DIRECTORS
(left to right)
The Board focuses on the areas that are important to share-
owners — strategy, risk management, leadership development,
and regulatory matters — and in 2008, received briefings on a
variety of issues including U.S. and global tax policy, environmental
risk management, healthcare costs, liquidity and credit risk,
global project and product execution, CSA portfolio management
and commitment, the impact of changing public policy on core
markets around the world, and privacy and copyright protection.
At the end of the year, the Board and each of its committees
conducted a thorough self-evaluation.
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