People: General Electric Co (GE)

Mr. Michael A. Neal (Mike) is Vice Chairman of General Electric Company and Chairman & Chief Executive Officer, GE Capital Services, Inc., a subsidiary Company of General Electric Company. Mr. Neal joined GE in 1979, working on the company's industrial side. In 1987, he was named vice president and general manager of Vendor Financial Services and, just three years later, became general manager of Commercial Equipment Finance. Mr. Neal was a GE Capital executive vice president from 1994 through 1999, a period of enormous growth in GE's financial service businesses. In 2000, he was named president and chief operating officer of GE Capital. He became President and CEO of GE Commercial Finance, based in Stamford, Connecticut, USA, in 2002. In 2005, Mr. Neal was named Vice Chairman of General Electric. Mr. Neal is a 1975 graduate from the Georgia Institute of Technology.