New Baker Hughes leadership announced

Baker Hughes and General Electric Co. (GE) have announced the executive team that will lead Baker Hughes, a GE Company upon closing of their proposed transaction to combine GE’s Oil & Gas business with Baker Hughes.

The combined executive team will be as follows:

• Lorenzo Simonelli, president and CEO
• Maria Claudia Borras, president and CEO, Oilfield Services 
• Belgacem Chariag, chief global operations Officer
• Rod Christie, president and CEO, Turbomachinery & Process Solutions
• Harry Elsinga, chief human resources officer
• Jennifer Hartsock, chief information officer
• Matthias Heilmann, president & CEO, Digital Solutions 
• Jack Hinton, chief health, safety and environment (HSE) officer
• Nicola Jannis, chief business development officer
• Derek Mathieson, chief marketing and technology officer
• Jody Markopoulos, chief engineering and supply chain officer
• Will Marsh, chief legal officer
• Neil Saunders, president and CEO, Oilfield Equipment
• Uwem Ukpong, chief integration officer 
• Brian Worrell, chief financial officer

GE and Baker Hughes announced the proposed merger in October 2016, to form the “new” Baker Hughes, a company that will have about US$32 billion in combined revenue and operations in more than 120 countries.

Late last month, the two companies gained clearance from the European Commission. The deal is expected to close in mid-2017.

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