Ferdinando Beccalli

President and CEO, GE International

Ferdinando “Nani” Beccalli-Falco was named President and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of GE International in January 2005. He is responsible for directing GE’s strategies for growth outside the U.S. by working on behalf of all GE businesses to expand customer and government relationships and to develop new business markets. He is based in Brussels, Belgium.

Nani Beccalli-Falco formerly served as President and CEO of EMEA. Prior to that, he was Executive Vice President of GE Capital, where he had oversight responsibilities for GE Capital’s Equipment Management Businesses. He also oversaw GE Capital India, GE Capital Global Sourcing, GE Capital Container Finance, and the GE SeaCo JV.

Mr. Beccalli-Falco has enjoyed a long career at GE, starting in 1975 in the U.S. In 1977, he joined GE Plastics Europe in Bergen op Zoom, The Netherlands. In 1981, he moved to GE Plastics global headquarters in Pittsfield, Massachusetts, where he held management positions in various divisions. In 1990, he became the Managing Director of the Structured Products Business in Europe. From 1993 to 1996, he served as the President of GE Plastics Japan Ltd. Mr. Beccalli-Falco was Vice President and General Manager of GE Plastics Americas from January 1997 until May 2001, when he joined GE Capital.

Mr. Beccalli-Falco is a Board Member of the Emmanuel Center in Stiftung, Germany; the GE Foundation; and the Junior Achievement Young Enterprise.  He is a Member of the Suppliers Advisory Council for Nissan Motor Company Ltd., the Singapore Economic Development Board for the International Advisory Council, and the Trilateral Commission.  In addition, Mr. Becalli-Falco is on the Board of Directors for the Centre for European Policy Studies (CEPS).   He also serves as an International Advisor to Bocconi University in Milan.  Previously, he was an International Advisor to Prime Minister Raffarin of France from 1994-95, and was International Advisor to the Polish Minister of Finance in 1995.

In 2007, the President of Italy, Giorgio Napolitano, appointed Mr. Beccalli-Falco “Cavaliere del Lavoro.”  In 2009, the President of France, Nicholas Sarkozy, awarded Mr. Beccalli-Falco La Lėgion d’Honneur.

A native of Italy, Mr. Beccalli-Falco earned a M.S. in Chemical Engineering from the Polytechnic of Torino in Italy.

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