President and CEO, Europe
Integration Leader at Alstom
Mark Hutchinson is the President and CEO of GE Europe. He is responsible for managing GE’s European operations to strengthen the company’s performance across the continent. In addition, he retains his current role as Integration Leader for the Alstom transaction, GE’s largest industrial acquisition involving 65,000 employees.
Prior to this appointment, Mark was President and CEO of GE China, responsible for GE’s growth strategy and leader of a team across manufacturing, sourcing, sales, and other functions. During his tenure in China, the brand developed and implemented a shared growth strategy across all GE businesses, driving double-digit growth year after year under his leadership.
Before joining GE China, he was President of GE Capital Real Estate International, where he successfully led the real estate team across Europe and Asia through a dramatic market cycle. Over a decade leading GE’s capital markets team, Mark successfully executed a series of complex operations in North America, Europe, and the Pacific Rim.
Before joining GE, Mark was head of the Asian project advisory team based in Hong Kong for Barclays Merchant Bank. A major accomplishment during his tenure was the successful privatization of the Western Harbour Crossing and the Route 3 Project, both key infrastructure developments in Hong Kong.
A native of England, Mark graduated from the University of Queensland in Brisbane, Australia, where he was awarded a Doctorate in Business.