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H. Lawrence Culp, Jr.
Chairman

Mr. Culp has served as the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of GE since September 2018, leading GE’s transformation to become a more focused, simpler, and stronger high-tech industrial company. Under his leadership, GE’s total gross debt reduction was more than $100 billion through 2023. He has championed lean, bringing a focus on customer value, and driving improvements in safety, quality, delivery, and cost. He was the key architect behind GE’s plan to form three industry-leading, global public companies and has served as Chairman of our Board since the successful Spin-Off in January 2023. He also has served as Chief Executive Officer of GE Aerospace since June 2022 and will continue leading the aviation-focused company into the future after the Spin-Off of GE’s portfolio of energy businesses in April 2024.

Prior to joining GE, Mr. Culp spent 25 years at Danaher Corporation (NYSE: DHR) in various capacities, including Group Executive and Corporate Officer, with responsibility for the company’s Environmental and Electronic Test and Measurement platforms while also serving as President of Fluke and Fluke Networks; Executive Vice President; Chief Operating Officer; and President and CEO, a role he held from 2000 to 2014. During his tenure, Danaher increased both its revenues and its market capitalization five-fold. Investors and analysts consistently rank him as one of the top CEOs in annual Institutional Investor surveys, and Harvard Business Review named him one of the Top 50 CEOs in the world.

Mr. Culp is a graduate of Harvard Business School and served as a Senior Lecturer from 2015 to 2018. Mr. Culp is a member and former Chairman of the Board of Visitors & Governors of Washington College and a member of the Board of Trustees of Wake Forest University.