FAIRFIELD, Connecticut--Ferdinando "Nani" Beccalli has been named President and Chief Executive Officer of GE Europe, the company announced on Monday. Art Harper will succeed Beccalli as Executive Vice President, GE Capital Services. Both appointments are effective January 1.
Beccalli, 52, has been Executive Vice President, GE Capital Services since May 2001. As GE's new CEO of Europe, he will be responsible for working on behalf of all GE businesses to expand customer and government relationships and to develop new business markets across Europe, the Middle East and Africa. Beccalli will be based in Brussels, Belgium.
Harper, 46, has been President of GE Plastics Europe since May 2000. He will join the Office of the CEO at GE Capital in Stamford, Conn., where he will have oversight responsibilities for GE Capital's Equipment Management businesses, which include Global Fleet Services, Rail Services, Penske Truck Leasing and TIP/Modular Space.
GE Chairman and CEO Jeffrey R. Immelt lauded Beccalli's leadership ability.
"Nani Beccalli is an outstanding GE leader whose depth of global and business experience will serve us well across Europe," Immelt said. "With nearly 80,000 employees and a diverse array of businesses there, Europe is an important priority for GE's growth going forward. Nani will be an excellent resource for our customers and constituents.
"Art Harper is an exceptional leader with a wide range of operational skills and a passion for quality," Immelt added. "He has a remarkable track-record of success and terrific strategic vision that will serve GE Capital well."
Prior to the position at GE Capital, Beccalli had been at GE Plastics since 1977, when he joined the Strategic Planning group at the Company's European headquarters in Bergen op Zoom, The Netherlands. In 1981, Beccalli joined GE Plastics' global headquarters in Pittsfield, Mass. where he held management positions in Specialty Plastics, NORYL resin, LEXAN resin and Marketing divisions. In 1987, Beccalli returned to Bergen op Zoom as the Director of Marketing, and in 1990, became the Managing Director of SPE. From 1993-1996 Beccalli served as the President of GE Plastics Japan Ltd. He was appointed as the Vice President and General Manager of GE Plastics Americas in January 1997.
Beccalli, a native of Italy, earned a master's degree in chemical engineering from the Polytechnic of Torino in Italy and has completed graduate work in business administration at Xavier University in Cincinnati, Ohio.
Harper joined GE in 1984 as a market development specialist in the ULTEM business, where he also worked as an aerospace application field programs specialist and as the aircraft application programs manager. In 1987, he was appointed district sales manager for GE Silicones in Brea, Calif., a position he held until 1991 when he was named plant manager at the Plastics plant in Oxnard. In 1992, Harper was named business leader of CCP in Pittsfield, Mass. And moved in 1994 to the same position in the LEXAN business. In 1996, he was named president of GE Plastics - Greater China. Harper was appointed Vice President of Global Manufacturing for GE Plastics in Bergen Op Zoom in 1998.
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Winter Storm Warning Issued for Berkshires
Another snowstorm is expected to move through the region overnight on Friday, bringing 5 to 8 inches of snow. This is updated from Thursday's winter weather advisory.
The National Weather Service in Albany, N.Y., has posted a winter storm warning for all of Berkshire County and parts of eastern New York State beginning Friday at 4 p.m. through Saturday at 1 p.m.
The region could see heavy to moderate snowfall rates of 1 to 2 inches per hour overnight, tapering off Saturday morning to flurries.
Drivers should exercise caution on Friday night and Saturday morning, as travel conditions may be hazardous.
Saturday night should be clear and calm, but warming temperatures means freezing rain Sunday night and rain through Monday with highs in the 40s. The forecast isn't much better through the week as temperatures dip back into the teens with New Year's Eve looking cloudy and frigid.
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