GE STEAM POWER, INC.
ATLANTA, GA

1.2 billion people in the world don’t have power, and in 20 years the world will need 50% more. Our innovative technologies and digital offerings help make power more affordable, reliable, accessible and sustainable. Russell Stokes is the president and chief executive officer of GE Power and a senior vice president of GE. Power is a world energy leader that provides technology, solutions and services across the entire energy value chain from the point of generation to consumption. Powering more than a third of the world, it serves customers in more than 150 countries. As a 20-year GE veteran, Russell has a wide range of GE leadership experience in addition to his deep industry, company and customer knowledge. Prior to leading Power, Russell was the president and chief executive officer of GE Energy Connections, the electrification, grid and controls business of GE. He also served as the president and chief executive officer of GE Transportation, a global leader in rail, mining and marine industries. Russell has also held numerous leadership positions in finance, operations and services within GE Transportation, GE Aviation and GE Lighting. He started his career in sales for a PC manufacturer before joining GE.  In addition to his executive leadership, Russell plays an active role in the Atlanta community. He is a member of the Metro Atlanta Chamber of Commerce Executive Committee, the Atlanta Committee for Progress, Usher’s New Look Board, the Atlanta Junior Achievement Executive Committee, and the board of The Commerce Club, Atlanta, GA. Russell graduated from Cleveland State University with a degree in finance and completed GE’s Financial Management Program. President & CEO, GE Power Conversion Business Azeez is the President & CEO of Power Conversion, a business unit of GE Power. Headquartered in Paris, France, Power Conversion drives the electric transformation of the world’s energy infrastructure across multiple industries.  At the forefront of the digital electrification revolution, Power Conversion is electrifying tomorrow’s energy with efficient advanced motor, drive and control technologies allowing customers to evolve their industrial processes for a cleaner, more productive future. Power Conversion serves renewables, oil & gas, marine, industrial and utilities customers by connecting all the resources and scale of the world’s first digital industrial company. Before taking his role in Power Conversion, Azeez was President & CEO, Middle East and Africa for Power Services, a $15 billion organization within GE Power that is a combination of GE’s Power Generation Services and Alstom’s Thermal Services businesses, offering GE customers total plant capabilities, local resources and expertise and strong collaboration to help them be more successful. Azeez contributed to building R&D and a strong local team and penetrated tough markets such as Iraq and Libya through creative business models. He was instrumental in leading GE’s digital transformation, helping to position the organization as the world’s foremost digital-industrial company by launching innovative customer solutions in the power and LNG sectors. Azeez started his career with GE Research & Development in 1998, where he worked on advanced technologies for application in the Energy and Healthcare industries. He then joined GE’s Corporate Audit Staff in 2002 and graduated as a senior audit manager in 2006. That same year, he led the Energy Services Simplification initiative in GE Energy where he was responsible for simplifying and creating transparency in the P&L to create a stable platform for growth. In 2008 he was named general manager of Contractual Services for Latin America, where he built a strong team and localized them in the key Latin American countries. He also converted the business into a growth engine with sustained double digit growth. VP, Business Development Robert (Rob) Duffy is the vice president of business development/M&A at GE Power. In this role, he oversees a global team focused on corporate strategy, portfolio optimization, and the origination and execution of mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, and technology investments. In his previous role at GE, Rob was vice president for global business. In this role, he was responsible for implementation of GE's corporate acquisition and divestiture strategy across its businesses. Rob joined GE in 2003. Prior to that, he was a managing director in Credit Suisse First Boston’s M&A group both in New York and London. He has worked on a number of GE’s major transactions including the sale of 49 percent of NBC Universal to Comcast and the sale of GE Plastic to Sabic. Most recently, he has worked on the acquisition of Alstom Power and Grid, the acquisition of Dresser Inc., Lufkin, Wood Group’s well support business, and Converteam. Prior to this role, he was responsible for all Company operations across Latin America. Under his leadership, GE’s Latin America region almost doubled its order intake in just four years. Reinaldo has served in several strategic leadership roles at the General Electric Company since 1985. He has a diverse background in general management, sales, services, product development, finance and supply chain.  Throughout his extensive GE career, Reinaldo has been based in the U.S., UK, France and Brazil working for a variety of GE businesses including Lighting, Energy and Healthcare in addition to Corporate. He started his career with GE Lighting in Cleveland, Ohio, in the Financial Management Program.  Eric Gebhardt is strategic technology officer at GE Power and an officer of the General Electric Company. With the focus of making electricity generation, transmission, distribution and utilization more valuable, efficient and productive, Eric provides the overall strategic direction for the GE Power product portfolio as well as leading an internal incubator focused on the exponential technologies of battery energy storage, distributed energy resource management, virtual power plant and hybridization of generation.