John L. Flannery (born 1962) is an American business executive. He succeeded Jeff Immelt as the eleventh CEO and tenth Chairman of

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, serving as CEO from August 2017 until October 1, 2018. Prior to ascending to the CEO role, Flannery held leadership roles inside GE for nearly 30 years, heading GE Healthcare, GE India and other business units throughout his career.

Early life and education

John L. Flannery was born in 1962 in

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. The son of a banking executive at FDIC Corporation, he and his two older sisters lived in Alexandria until 1971, when they moved to

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where his father became president of a small bank. He graduated from Northwest Catholic High School in 1979. Flannery received a bachelor's degree in finance from the

Fairfield University Dolan School of Business Fairfield University is a private Jesuit university in Fairfield, Connecticut. It was founded by the Jesuits in 1942. In 2017, the university had about 4,100 full-time undergraduate students and 1,100 graduate students, including full-time a ...

in 1983. Flannery later went to business school at the

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, where he received an MBA from the

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in 1987.

Career

Flannery began his career at GE in 1987. He spent over 20 years at

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holding various leadership roles in the

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, and

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. He was named a company officer in 2005. In 2009, he was appointed president and CEO of GE India, and in 2013, head of Business Development for all of GE. Flannery helped oversee changes in the portfolio, including acquisitions and divestitures in financial services and industry. Before his appointment as CEO of

, Flannery led the turnaround of

GE Healthcare GE HealthCare is a subsidiary of American multinational conglomerate General Electric incorporated in New York and headquartered in Chicago, Illinois. As of 2017, it is a manufacturer and distributor of diagnostic imaging agents and radiopharma ...

, focusing on core imaging, creating digital platforms and solutions, and expanding its Life Sciences and cell therapy systems businesses. He also launched Sustainable Healthcare Solutions, which develops technology for healthcare providers. Flannery was named CEO and Chairman of GE in August 2017. On October 1, 2018, he was unanimously voted out by the Board of Directors, "effective immediately" and replaced by board member and former longtime Danaher Corp. CEO, H. Lawrence Culp, Jr. Flannery was GE's eleventh CEO and the company's tenth chairman. Flannery was named the new Advisory Director of Charlesbank Capital Partners, LLC on July 15, 2019. He will work on evaluating new investment opportunities as well as growing equity value in the Charlesbank portfolio.

Personal life

Based in

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as of June 2017, by August he was based instead in

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. Flannery is married, with three children and a dog named after

Mookie Betts Markus Lynn "Mookie" Betts (born October 7, 1992) is an American professional baseball outfielder for the Los Angeles Dodgers of Major League Baseball (MLB). He previously played for the Boston Red Sox. In 2018, while with the Red Sox, he becam ...

. He is an ardent Red Sox fan, and his hobbies include reading, golf, and music.

References

External links

Profile at GE
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