GE appoints new Power Conversion president and CEO

Azeez Mohammed has been appointed president and CEO of GE Energy Connections’ Power Conversion business. 

He comes to Power Conversion from his most recent role as president and CEO of GE’s Power Services business for Middle East and Africa, where he was instrumental in leading GE’s digital transformation, helping to position the organisation as one of the world’s foremost digital industrial companies by launching innovative customer solutions in the power and LNG sectors.

A seasoned leader with a strong technological background, Mohammed has held a series of roles in engineering, finance and business management for GE Power and GE Corporate worldwide.

He is responsible for continuing to build the Power Conversion business, which drives the electric transformation of the world’s energy infrastructure across multiple industries, and will strengthen the capacity of Power Conversion’s service network in emerging markets. Power Conversion will concentrate on developing efficient advanced motor, drive and control technologies, allowing customers to evolve their industrial processes for a cleaner, more productive future.  

He will be based at Power Conversion’s headquarters in Paris.