Susan Flanagan is President & CEO of GE Energy Financial Services and a GE Company Officer.  Susan is responsible for leading GE Energy Financial Service'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.

Patrick Leahy is Managing Director and Global Power Leader for GE Energy Financial Services.  In this role, he is responsible for leading the team that executes the business unit’s investment activities in gas-fired electricity generation across North America, Europe, Asia, Middle East Northern Africa and Turkey (MENAT), Sub-Saharan Africa and Latin America.

Leahy joined EFS in 2006 and has subsequently taken on roles of increasing responsibility.  Most recently, he served as the U.S. Execution Leader, responsible for leading a team that executed over $1 Billion in power and renewable energy investments annually in the United States.

Leahy has more than 20 years of energy and financial services experience.  His introduction to the energy industry was as a project developer for Enron in Latin America.  He subsequently provided professional services to multiple Fortune 500 corporations and the World Resources Institute to catalyze corporate demand for 1,000 MW of renewable energy.  In this role, he worked closely with leading companies to analyze, develop and successfully execute renewable energy projects and strategies.  

Patrick is a CFA Charterholder (Chartered Financial Analyst) and holds a bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering from Cornell University and a master’s degree in International Economics from the Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies. 

Raghuveer Kurada is Managing Director & Head of Global Capital Advisory, a GE Capital business based in London. In this role, Raghuveer leads third-party capital raising activities for GE’s power, renewable, aviation and healthcare projects globally. He oversees a global team that manages public (Export Credit Agencies and Development Financial Institutions) and private capital (private equity, sovereign wealth funds and commercial banks). Additionally, he is responsible for managing GE’s co-sponsored infrastructure investment platforms, Japan Solar and Belt & Road (“BNR”) funds, with a combined value of ~$1.5B.  

Prior to this role, Raghuveer was Managing Director & Head of Execution for GE Energy Financial Services’ (GE EFS) Global Markets business based in London. He managed a team of investment professionals across ASEAN, MENAT, SSA and LATAM.  The focus of the business was on expanding GE’s global energy investment footprint. During this role from 2015 to 2018, Raghuveer successfully led equity and debt investments in the energy sector across power and renewable projects globally with over $8B in enterprise value.

Raghuveer joined General Electric Company ~25 years ago in Schenectady, NY and has built a deep knowledge of the global energy sector and project finance over this time. In his professional career at GE Capital, Raghuveer has held various roles in financial services and management in Asia, the UK and US. He has led a wide variety of structured investments from debt and lease financing to preferred stock and equity deals in the US and global power and renewables markets. In 2007, he established GE EFS’ Asia business and led its equity investments in KSK Power, Greenko PLC, Welspun Renewables and financing of other Asian power developers.  

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.