Baker Hughes Incorporated (NYSE:BHI) and General Electric Company (NYSE:GE) 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, which has considerable experience, deep expertise and will drive global impact, will be as follows:

- Lorenzo Simonelli, President & CEO
- Maria Claudia Borras, President & CEO, Oilfield Services
- Belgacem Chariag, Chief Global Operations Officer
- Rod Christie, President & 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 & CEO, Oilfield Equipment
- Uwem Ukpong, Chief Integration Officer
- Brian Worrell, Chief Financial Officer

The company will have operations in more than 120 countries, approximately 70,000 employees and hold dual headquarters in Houston, Texas and London, UK.

As previously announced, GE CEO Jeff Immelt will serve as Chairman of the Board of Directors of Baker Hughes, a GE Company, and Martin Craighead, currently Chairman and CEO at Baker Hughes, will serve as Vice Chairman of the Board.

About Baker Hughes

Baker Hughes is a leading supplier of oilfield services, products, technology and systems to the worldwide oil and natural gas industry. The company’s 32,000 employees today work in more than 80 countries helping customers find, evaluate, drill, produce, transport and process hydrocarbon resources.

About GE

GE is the world’s Digital Industrial Company, 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 industry.

About GE Oil & Gas

GE Oil & Gas is inventing the next industrial era in the oil and gas sector. In our labs and factories, and in the field, we constantly push the boundaries of technology to solve today’s toughest operational & commercial challenges. We have the skills, knowledge and technical expertise to bring together the physical and digital worlds to fuel the future.