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GE Brings New Leadership to Revamp Ailing Power Business

Leadership shuffle

In mid-November 2018, General Electric’s (GE) newly appointed CEO Larry Culp announced a leadership shuffle to help turn around the company’s ailing Power business. The leadership shuffle includes bringing back former GE executive John Rice from retirement to be the chair of the newly structured gas power business. Prior to his re-recruitment, Rice had served the company for 39 years before retiring in December 2017 as vice chair. During this period, he led several divisions of GE including energy and transportation.

Restructuring plans

For the last few years, General Electric has been evaluating sales and spin-off options to optimize its business. In June, the company announced a massive restructuring plan. Under the restructuring plan, General Electric decided to divest and split off certain assets to focus on only three sectors—aviation, renewable energy, and power.

According to the restructuring plan, General Electric intends to exit the oil and gas business, divest its lighting division, and spin off its Healthcare segment into a standalone company. On November 13, General Electric announced that it entered a series of agreements with Baker Hughes (BHGE). The agreements include a stake sale in Baker Hughes that would raise almost $4 billion for General Electric.

On November 16, General Electric announced that its lending arm, GE Capital, had sold $1.5 billion worth of its healthcare equipment finance portfolio to TIAA Bank. The company announced that it would sell up to 49.9% of its Healthcare business and then spin-off the unit as a standalone company.

For the Transportation segment, General Electric has entered into an agreement with Wabtec. According to the agreement, General Electric will receive a $2.9 billion up-front cash payment. General Electric’s shareholders will own 50.1% in the combined company.

General Electric intends to completely divest its lighting division, which generated ~$1 billion in revenues in 2017. The segment’s revenues fell 18% YoY to $385 million in the third quarter. As part of General Electric’s strategy, the company sold its energy efficiency business unit, Current, to private equity firm American Industrial Partners.

https://marketrealist.com/2018/12/ges-lighting-and-transportation-businesses-struggle