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Jay Ireland is president and CEO of GE Asset Management, a position he assumed in June 2007. In this role, Mr. Ireland oversees an organization responsible for the management of more than 200 institutional accounts and approximately $196 billion in assets as of December 31, 2006. He also oversees the firm's management, distribution and servicing efforts for an array of mutual funds. Mr. Ireland is a GE officer, a member of the Corporate Executive Council and the GE Capital Board of Directors.
Prior to GE Asset Management, Mr. Ireland was president of NBC Universal Television Stations and Network Operations since December 2006. In this role, he had overall executive responsibility for NBC Universal's ten television stations, the Telemundo network and its 16 Spanish language television stations, domestic first-run syndication, affiliate relations and network operations. Mr. Ireland also served as president of NBC Television Stations since November 1999. Before joining NBC, Mr. Ireland was CFO of GE Plastics since 1997.
Mr. Ireland started his career with GE in the Financial Management Program in Lynchburg, Virginia, in 1980, after three years as an U.S. Army Officer. He then joined the Corporate Audit Staff in 1982 before being transferred to GE Plastics in Pittsfield, Massachusetts. While in Pittsfield, he held several financial and product management assignments. Mr. Ireland then moved to The Netherlands in 1990, where he was managing director of Polymerland-Europe, a plastics distribution company. In March 1993, he returned to Fairfield, CT, as manager of Corporate Investor Communications before being appointed vice president, Corporate Audit Staff in May 1995.
Mr. Ireland is a member of the board of directors of ValueVision Media, the National Association of Broadcasters, the Television Bureau of Advertising and Maximum Service Television (MSTV). He is also a trustee and treasurer of the Norman Rockwell Museum in Stockbridge, Massachusetts. Mr. Ireland received his Bachelor of Arts degree from St. Lawrence University and currently serves on the Board of Trustees. He and his wife, Valerie, live in New York City and have two children. | 