Susan Flanagan is President & CEO of GE Energy Financial Services.  In this role, Susan is responsible for leading the business unit’s investment activities in power and renewable projects globally and partnering with GE’s industrial energy businesses to deliver comprehensive customer solutions.

Prior to this, Susan served as Global Power Leader, overseeing GE Energy Financial Services’ investments in power projects across North America, Europe, Asia, Middle East Northern Africa and Turkey (MENAT), Sub-Saharan Africa and Latin America. Susan previously held the position of Business Partner at GE Energy Financial Services where she utilized her risk management, financial acumen and commercial expertise to partner with GE Power and develop competitive financing and technology solutions for its global customer base.   

Susan joined GE Energy Financial Services in 2005 and was responsible for managing $2.5 billion of assets in the Portfolio group. She also served the business as a lead underwriter in its Power and Renewable Energy group. Susan has served across the spectrum of finance roles in GE, including a risk rotational assignment at GE Capital headquarters in Norwalk and a 12-month assignment in Beijing supporting China’s State Grid’s Yingda JV. She was also instrumental in providing risk analysis support to Power & Water (Services) in Atlanta and has also served on the GE Thermal Initiatives team.

Prior to joining GE, Susan worked in energy mergers and acquisitions with Ernst & Young, DPL Inc., PricewaterhouseCoopers, and the Long Island Lighting Company. 

Susan holds a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering from Columbia University, a Master of Science in Aerospace Engineering from the University of Cincinnati, and a Master of Business Administration from New York University. In addition, Susan serves on the Advisory Board for Columbia University’s School of Engineering.

Gaurav Raniwala is the Global Renewable Energy Leader at GE Energy Financial Services and leads the team responsible for underwriting and structuring international and US tax equity renewable energy investments. 

Gaurav has a wealth of expertise in underwriting energy investments, including equity and loan transactions, and strong multi-national and cross-cultural team leadership expertise. Most recently, Gaurav held the position of Business Partner at GE Energy Financial Service, where he has utilized his extensive underwriting expertise to facilitate financing solutions for GE Renewable Energy equipment projects and help the GE business unit grow its global market share. Prior to that and since 2008, Gaurav led the power and renewable energy underwriting team at GE Energy Financial Services.

Gaurav joined GE in 1995.  During his time at GE, he served as Chief Risk Officer of GE Capital’s Franchise Finance business based in Scottsdale, where he had oversight of risk integration and culture change. He also spent 5+ years in the United Kingdom and in Spain, with increasing levels of responsibility, eventually leading the telecom and media underwriting team for GE Capital Europe.

Gaurav has an Masters in Business Administration in Finance from the Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore and a Bachelors of Technology in Electrical Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur in India.

Raghuveer Kurada serves as Global Capital Advisory Leader based in London. In this role, Raghuveer oversees third-party capital raising activities, including GE’s relationships with Export Credit Agencies, Development Financial Institutions and other debt and equity capital providers globally.

Prior to this role, Raghuveer was Managing Director in GE Energy Financial Services’ Global Growth Markets for India & Southeast Asia, focused on expanding GE’s investment footprint across energy industry segments.

Raghuveer started at GE Capital’s Structured Finance Group (SFG) about fifteen years ago in Stamford, CT and has held various roles in structuring and risk management. During his time at SFG, he participated in a wide variety of structured investments, ranging from debt and lease financing to preferred stock and equity deals in the United States and Southeast Asia, including: the US$950 million Tri-State leveraged lease, the US$400 million Calpine Fox combined-cycle power project, the Philip Morris portfolio acquisition and the Russell City transaction from the Calpine bankruptcy sale process. Most recently, Raghuveer led GE Energy Financial Services’ equity investments in KSK Power’s holding company, Greenko PLC, Welspun Renewables and financing of other Asian power developers. 

Prior to joining GE Capital’s Structured Finance Group, Raghuveer spent six years at GE Energy in Schenectady, NY, as a Lead Proposal Engineer for power plant systems and as an Application Engineer in the energy consulting business.  Raghuveer holds a Master’s degree in Business from Columbia Business School in New York, as well as a Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, NY.

Mark Melanson is Managing Director, Human Resources for GE Energy Financial Services and is responsible for leading the alignment of the business unit to GE’s cultural transformation, recruiting new talent and leading the organization through change.

Mark has been with GE for 27 years. He began his career at GE in the Financial Management Program at GE Aerospace, and held several subsequent Finance roles at GE Capital Vendor Financial Services. Moving into Human Resources in 1996, he served in various capacities with roles of increasing responsibility at GE Insurance Services, GE Card Services, GE Commercial Finance and GE Capital Real Estate, where he led all human resources activities for the North America Lending business. He also served as the Global Financial Management Program Manager from 1999-2002. Mark was named to his current role at GE Energy Financial Services in 2012.

Mark received his Bachelor of Science degree in Finance from Fairfield University. He is a graduate of General Electric’s Financial Management Program.

Mark Ortiz is the Chief Financial Officer for GE Energy Financial Services, where he is responsible for leading the finance team's execution of global financial activities for the business. 

He is a 26-year veteran of GE and has held a variety of finance leadership positions at GE businesses in Asia, Europe and the United States. Most recently, he served as Global Controller at GE Capital Global Legacy Solutions. Prior to that, his roles included Global Controller at GE Capital Commercial Real Estate, Global Operational Controller for GE, Global Controller for GE Capital Americas, Global Operational Controller for GE Capital, CFO for Fleet Services Europe and CFO for Fleet Services Asia. He also served as Global Pricing Leader at GE Fleet Services, Finance Manager for GE Small Fleet Services and Financial Planning & Analysis Manager for GE Information Technology Services. 

Mark began his career in GE’s Financial Management Program and was a member of the Company’s Corporate Audit Staff. He is a graduate of Virginia Tech University, with two Bachelor of Science degrees in Finance and Economics.