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The GE Board held 15 meetings in
2009. 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.
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.
Ralph S. Larsen 2, 3, 5
Former Chairman of the Board and Chief
Executive Officer, Johnson & Johnson,
pharmaceutical, medical and consumer
products, New Brunswick, New Jersey.
Director since 2002.
Sam Nunn 2, 4
Co-Chairman and Chief Executive Officer,
Nuclear Threat Initiative, Washington, D.C.
Director since 1997.
W. Geoffrey Beattie 1
President and Chief Executive Officer,
The Woodbridge Company Limited,
Toronto, Canada. Director since 2009.
Rochelle B. Lazarus 3, 4
Chairman of the Board and former
Chief Executive Officer, Ogilvy & Mather
Worldwide, global marketing
communications company, New York,
New York. Director since 2000.
Andrea Jung 2, 3
Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive
Officer, Avon Products, Inc., beauty products,
New York, New York. Director since 1998.
James I. Cash, Jr. 1, 2, 4
Emeritus James E. Robison Professor of
Business Administration, Harvard Graduate
School of Business, Boston, Massachusetts.
Director since 1997.
Robert W. Lane 1, 2
Chairman of the Board and former
Chief Executive Officer, Deere & Company,
agricultural, construction and forestry
equipment, Moline, Illinois.
Director since 2005.
Sir William M. Castell 4
Former Vice Chairman,
General Electric Company.
Director since 2004.
Susan Hockfield 3, 4
President of the Massachusetts Institute of
Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Director since 2006.
Alan G. (A.G.) Lafley 3
Chairman of the Board and former Chief
Executive Officer, Procter & Gamble Company,
personal and household products,
Cincinnati, Ohio. Director since 2002.
Ann M. Fudge 4
Former Chairman and Chief Executive
Officer, Young & Rubicam Brands, global
marketing communications network,
New York, New York. Director since 1999.
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.
Roger S. Penske 4
Chairman of the Board, Penske Corporation
and Penske Truck Leasing Corporation,
Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive
Officer, Penske Automotive Group, Inc.,
diversified transportation company, Detroit,
Michigan. Director since 1994.
James J. Mulva 1, 4
Chairman of the Board, President and
Chief Executive Officer, ConocoPhillips,
international integrated energy company,
Houston, Texas. Director since 2008.
Jeffrey R. Immelt 4
Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive
Officer, General Electric Company. Director
since 2000.
(pictured on page 1)
1 Audit Committee
2 Management Development and
Compensation Committee
3 Nominating and Corporate
Governance Committee
4 Public Responsibilities Committee
5 Presiding Director
DIRECTORS (left to right)
Board members focus on the areas that are important to
shareowners — strategy, risk management, leadership development
and regulatory matters. In 2009, they received briefings on a
variety of issues including U.S. and global tax and public policies,
environmental risk management and reserves, pension and
healthcare costs, financial strength and funding, CSA portfolio
management and commitment, reserves/losses in the credit
cycle, controllership, litigation and emerging SEC rules, regulatory
capability and compliance and managing reputation. At the end
of the year, the Board and each of its committees conducted
a thorough self-evaluation.
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