Alex Dimitrief Named General Counsel & Senior Vice President for GE – Brackett Denniston to Retire from GE at the End of 2015
October 13 2015 - 2:00PM
Business Wire
GE (NYSE:GE) today announced that Brackett Denniston, GE’s
general counsel and senior vice president, will retire from the
Company at the end of 2015. Alex Dimitrief, currently senior vice
president and general counsel for GE Capital, will assume the role
of GE general counsel and senior vice president, effective November
1, and Brackett will focus on the Alstom transition and Appliances
transaction through the end of the year.
Brackett has spent 19 years of distinguished service at GE,
joining the company as vice president and senior counsel of
litigation and legal policy in 1996. He was named general counsel
in 2004 and senior vice president in 2005. In addition to his
general counsel and senior vice president role, his recent GE
leadership positions include: director of GE Capital Corporation
and the GE Foundation; member of the Corporate Executive Council;
and Chairman of the Policy Compliance Review Board.
After graduating from Harvard Law School, Brackett began his
career as a law clerk for Judge Herbert Y. C. Choy of the United
States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. He then worked as an
associate and partner at Goodwin Procter LLP in Boston, where he
specialized in complex civil litigation, securities matters and
white collar crime cases. He served as chief of the major frauds
unit for the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Massachusetts, where he was
responsible for white-collar-crime prosecutions. Prior to joining
GE, he served as chief legal counsel to Governor William F. Weld of
Massachusetts.
“Brackett is a consummate strategic advisor who has helped the
company through a volatile era, including 9/11, the financial
crisis, the Alstom transaction, the Capital divestitures and many
others. He is a strong partner, advisor and counselor to me, and a
leader who does not shy away from the toughest of issues,” said
Jeffrey R. Immelt, GE chairman and CEO. “Brackett has led with
poise, prowess and a passion for the company and its people, and
all those who have ever had the opportunity to work with Brackett
will agree that he will truly be missed.”
Since late 2012, Dimitrief has served as senior vice president
and general counsel for GE Capital. In that role, he has been a key
leader in GE Capital’s reorganization and agreements to sell over
$120 billion in assets since April 2015.
In his new role, Alex will lead GE’s global team of 5,000, who
have been recognized by several external organizations in areas
including ethics, use of technology, compliance, and general legal
practices.
“Alex will be a great leader for our legal function and member
of the executive team. I appreciate his candor and passion. He is
known throughout the company for being smart, bold and committed to
developing his people,” commented Jeff.
Alex joined GE in February 2007 as vice president for litigation
& legal policy. He was responsible for litigation and
enforcement proceedings against GE and all of its business
segments. He also oversaw GE's worldwide Compliance programs and
served on GE's Corporate Executive Council and Policy Compliance
Review Board. In Alex’s next role, he served as vice president
& general counsel of GE Energy from November 2011 - October
2012 where he oversaw the Legal and Compliance functions for GE
Energy's worldwide portfolio, including the Power & Water, Oil
& Gas and Energy Management businesses. Alex then transitioned
to GE Capital, where he has served as senior vice president &
general counsel since November 2012 and played an integral role in
the reorganization of the financial services businesses.
Alex came to GE from Kirkland & Ellis LLP, where he had been
a trial lawyer in the firm's Chicago and New York offices since
1986. His practice spanned many industries and subject areas,
including securities, intellectual property disputes, environmental
matters and products liability and bankruptcy litigation. He was a
White House Fellow in the Reagan Administration's Office of
Political and Intergovernmental Affairs and an Honors Intern at the
Department of Justice. He graduated from Yale College in 1981 with
a degree in Economics & Political Science and earned his J.D.
in 1985 at Harvard Law School, where he was the Managing Editor of
the Harvard Law Review.
About GE
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transforming industry with software-defined machines and solutions
that are connected, responsive and predictive. GE is organized
around a global exchange of knowledge, the "GE Store," through
which each business shares and accesses the same technology,
markets, structure and intellect. Each invention further fuels
innovation and application across our industrial sectors. With
people, services, technology and scale, GE delivers better outcomes
for customers by speaking the language of
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