---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001308179-23-000866"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "GE"
cik: "0000040545"
company_name: "GENERAL ELECTRIC CO"
filed_at: "2023-05-18T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-14T21:37:33.659609+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# GE appoints Rahul Ghai as CFO effective Sept 1, 2023; Carolina Dybeck Happe to assist with transition

## Summary
- Rahul Ghai, currently CFO of GE Aerospace, named SVP and CFO of GE, effective Sept 1, 2023.
- Carolina Dybeck Happe will remain SVP post-transition to assist with CFO handover and GE Vernova spin-off.
- Employment agreement amended: Dybeck Happe eligible for severance if she resigns for Good Reason by Feb 14, 2024.
- Ghai previously served as EVP and CFO of Otis Worldwide (2019-2022) and SVP and CFO of Harris Corporation (2016-2019).

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001308179-23-000866
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: GE
- cik: 0000040545
- company_name: GENERAL ELECTRIC CO
- filed_at: 2023-05-18T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.6
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/40545/000130817923000866/0001308179-23-000866-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/40545/000130817923000866/ge4202071-8k.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001308179-23-000866.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Carolina Dybeck Happe departed as Chief Financial Officer at GENERAL ELECTRIC CO.
  - Action: succeeded
  - Role: Chief Financial Officer
  source text: succeeding Carolina Dybeck Happe.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/40545/000130817923000866/0001308179-23-000866-index.htm
- Executive change
  Rahul Ghai was appointed as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer at GENERAL ELECTRIC CO.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
  source text: Rahul Ghai, 51, will become Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of GE effective September 1, 2023, succeeding Carolina Dybeck Happe.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/40545/000130817923000866/0001308179-23-000866-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.