Mark L. Vachon is president and CEO of Global Diagnostic Imaging, a position he has held since January 2006.
Mr. Vachon began his GE career in 1982 as a member of the Financial Management Program in Schenectady, New York. After assignments at Corporate Research and Development, Large Motor and Generator, International Apparatus and Engineering Services, Mark joined the Corporate Audit Staff in 1985. Mr. Vachon served on the audit staff for five years, eventually becoming executive audit manager.
In 1990 he accepted the position of manager of International Finance at GE Appliances. Over the next several years, Mr. Vachon had assignments at Appliances as manager of the Process Improvement Group, general manager of Retail Sales and Market Development, and general manager of Consumer Satisfaction. In December 1995 he assumed the role of director of finance at GE Plastics Europe, based in Bergen op Zoom in the Netherlands. After a brief time as GE Plastic's Global Quality Leader, Mr. Vachon was promoted to vice president of Investor Relations with GE Corporate in April 1998. In July 1999 he was appointed a GE company officer, and in January 2002 he was appointed executive vice president and chief financial officer of NBC. The following year he was appointed to executive vice president and chief financial officer at GE Healthcare.
Mr. Vachon graduated from Northeastern University in Boston with a bachelor's degree in finance. He resides in the Waukesha, Wisconsin, area with his wife Karen and their two children. |