GE's Anne LeGrand
GE Healthcare Announces New Leader for X-ray Business
July 12, 2010
Chalfont St. Giles, UK - GE Healthcare, a business unit of General Electric Company (NYSE:GE), announced today the appointment of Anne LeGrand as Vice President and General Manager, of the company's global X-ray business.
LeGrand joins GE Healthcare from Philips Healthcare, where she was Senior Vice President and General Manager of their ultrasound business unit, a $1 billion business with more than two thousand employees worldwide.
Prior to Philips, LeGrand held a corporate officer position at Eastman Kodak as Vice President and General Manager of Output Systems and Mammography Solutions in Kodak's Health Imaging Sector. She also held positions with Kodak as regional General Manager, Greater Asia Region for Health Imaging, with responsibility for the entire medical business across 22 countries.
"With more than 25 years of experience in the medical imaging industry, Anne's business acumen, deep global experience, and strong operational focus provide the skill set we need to drive the X-Ray business beyond traditional boundaries and deliver unique solutions to our customers," said Omar Ishrak, senior vice president of GE, president and CEO of GE Healthcare Systems.
ABOUT GE HEALTHCARE:
GE Healthcare provides transformational medical technologies and services that are shaping a new age of patient care. Our broad expertise in medical imaging and information technologies, medical diagnostics, patient monitoring systems, drug discovery, biopharmaceutical manufacturing technologies, performance improvement and performance solutions services help our customers to deliver better care to more people around the world at a lower cost. In addition, we partner with healthcare leaders, striving to leverage the global policy change necessary to implement a successful shift to sustainable healthcare systems.
Our "healthymagination" vision for the future invites the world to join us on our journey as we continuously develop innovations focused on reducing costs, increasing access and improving quality and efficiency around the world. Headquartered in the United Kingdom, GE Healthcare is a $16 billion unit of General Electric Company (NYSE: GE). Worldwide, GE Healthcare employs more than 46,000 people committed to serving healthcare professionals and their patients in more than 100 countries. For more information about GE Healthcare, visit our website at www.gehealthcare.com.
LeGrand joins GE Healthcare from Philips Healthcare, where she was Senior Vice President and General Manager of their ultrasound business unit, a $1 billion business with more than two thousand employees worldwide.
Prior to Philips, LeGrand held a corporate officer position at Eastman Kodak as Vice President and General Manager of Output Systems and Mammography Solutions in Kodak's Health Imaging Sector. She also held positions with Kodak as regional General Manager, Greater Asia Region for Health Imaging, with responsibility for the entire medical business across 22 countries.
"With more than 25 years of experience in the medical imaging industry, Anne's business acumen, deep global experience, and strong operational focus provide the skill set we need to drive the X-Ray business beyond traditional boundaries and deliver unique solutions to our customers," said Omar Ishrak, senior vice president of GE, president and CEO of GE Healthcare Systems.
ABOUT GE HEALTHCARE:
GE Healthcare provides transformational medical technologies and services that are shaping a new age of patient care. Our broad expertise in medical imaging and information technologies, medical diagnostics, patient monitoring systems, drug discovery, biopharmaceutical manufacturing technologies, performance improvement and performance solutions services help our customers to deliver better care to more people around the world at a lower cost. In addition, we partner with healthcare leaders, striving to leverage the global policy change necessary to implement a successful shift to sustainable healthcare systems.
Our "healthymagination" vision for the future invites the world to join us on our journey as we continuously develop innovations focused on reducing costs, increasing access and improving quality and efficiency around the world. Headquartered in the United Kingdom, GE Healthcare is a $16 billion unit of General Electric Company (NYSE: GE). Worldwide, GE Healthcare employs more than 46,000 people committed to serving healthcare professionals and their patients in more than 100 countries. For more information about GE Healthcare, visit our website at www.gehealthcare.com.