Chief Operating Officer, GE Capital
William H. (Bill) Cary is the chief operating officer of GE Capital, the financial services unit of the General Electric Company. Cary joined GE in 1986 as a member of the Financial Management Program and served in a variety of financial positions. In 1988 he joined GE Capital-Corporate Finance Group, and following increasingly responsible assignments in Corporate Finance, moved to Singapore in 1994 and became senior vice president, Capital Markets and Finance, for GE Capital Corporation, Asia. In 1995, he was named chief financial officer for GE Global Consumer Finance. Cary then became vice president and manager, Corporate Financial Planning and Analysis, at GE Capital’s headquarters in Stamford, CT. Cary was appointed a GE officer during this assignment in December 1999. Following this role from January 2001 until October 2002, he served as president and CEO of GE Capital Vendor Financial Services. Cary then became the corporate vice president for financial planning and analysis for GE Company until February 2004 when he was named the vice president of corporate investor communications. In March 2006 Cary was posted to London and appointed president and CEO of GE Money EMEA region. He was elected a senior vice president of GE in November 2006. Cary was promoted to president of GE Money (Global) in February 2008, and chief operating officer for all of GE Capital in November 2008. Cary is a member of GE’s Corporate Executive Council.