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Board members focus on the areas that are important to shareowners —
strategy, risk management, leadership development. In 2015, they received briefings on a variety of issues, including capital allocation,
risk management and business development, with a particular focus on Alstom and the GE Capital exit plan, implementing
GE Digital, business simplification, global market volatility, leadership development, technology excellence, IT and cybersecurity strategy,
advanced manufacturing, global research and development strategy, and GE’s branding, marketing and operating initiatives.
At the end of the year, the Board and each of its committees conducted a thorough self-evaluation.
THE GE BOARD
The GE Board held 13 meetings during 2015, including three meetings of the independent directors
of the Board. Each outside Board member is expected to visit at least two GE businesses without
the involvement of corporate management in order to develop his or her own feel for the Company.
W. Geoffrey BeattieR
Chief Executive Officer,
Generation Capital,
private investment
company, Toronto,
Canada.
Director since 2009.
Jeffrey R. Immelt
Chairman of the
Board and Chief
Executive Officer, General
Electric Company,
Fairfield, Connecticut.
Director since 2000.
Mary L. SchapiroR
Vice Chairman,
Advisory Board of
Promontory Financial
Group, leading strategy,
risk management and
regulatory compliance
consulting firm,
and former Chairman,
U.S. Securities and
Exchange Commission,
Washington, D.C.
Director since 2013.
John J. BrennanG,M,R,L
Chairman Emeritus and
Senior Advisor, The
Vanguard Group, Inc.,
global investment
management company,
Malvern, Pennsylvania.
Director since 2012.
Andrea JungG,M,S
President & Chief
Executive Officer,
Grameen America,
nonprofit microfinance
organization,
New York, New York.
Director since 1998.
Robert J. SwieringaA
Professor of Accounting
and former Anne and
Elmer Lindseth Dean,
Johnson Graduate
School of Management,
Cornell University,
Ithaca, New York.
Director since 2002.
James S. TischG
President and Chief
Executive Officer, Loews
Corporation, diversified
multinational holding
company with subsidiaries
involved in energy,
insurance and hospitality,
New York, New York.
Director since 2010.
Douglas A. Warner IIIA,G,M
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.
A: Audit
G: Governance & Public Affairs
M: Management Development & Compensation
R: Risk
S: Science & Technology
L: Lead Director
James I. Cash, Jr.M,S
Emeritus James E. Robison
Professor of Business
Administration,
Harvard Graduate
School of Business,
Boston, Massachusetts.
Director since 1997.
Robert W. LaneA,M
Former Chairman
of the Board and
Chief Executive Officer,
Deere & Company,
agricultural, construction
and forestry equipment
manufacturing company,
Moline, Illinois.
Director since 2005.
Marijn E. DekkersM,S
Chairman of the Board
of Management, Bayer AG,
multinational life sciences
company, Leverkusen,
Germany.
Director since 2012.
Rochelle B. LazarusG
Chairman Emeritus
and former Chief
Executive Officer, Ogilvy
& Mather Worldwide,
global marketing
communications
company, New York,
New York.
Director since 2000.
Francisco D’SouzaA,S
Chief Executive Officer,
Cognizant Technology
Solutions Corporation,
multinational IT company,
Teaneck, New Jersey.
Director since 2013.
James J. MulvaA,S
Former Chairman,
President and
Chief Executive Officer,
ConocoPhillips,
international,
integrated global
energy company,
Houston, Texas.
Director since 2008.
Susan HockfieldG,S
President Emerita and
Professor of Neuroscience,
Massachusetts Institute
of Technology, leading
research university
with a prominent
renewable energy
program, Cambridge,
Massachusetts.
Director since 2006.
James E. RohrM,R
Former Chairman of the
Board and Chief Executive
Officer, The PNC Financial
Services Group,
large financial
services company,
Pittsburgh,
Pennsylvania.
Director since 2013.
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