GE Shakes up Power Unit Leadership, Taps Retired Executive to Help

GE Shakes up Power Unit Leadership, Taps Retired Executive to Help
The General Electric logo is pictured on the General Electric offshore wind turbine plant in Montoir-de-Bretagne, near Saint-Nazaire, western France, on Nov. 21, 2016. Stephane Mahe/Reuters
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General Electric Co. shook up its ailing power business on Nov. 19, appointing a new CEO for gas power and bringing a longtime GE executive back from retirement to help.

The changes mark another step in new GE Chief Executive Officer Larry Culp urgent effort to reduce heavy debt and restore profits at the 126-year-old, Boston-based conglomerate. It also highlights the serious problems at GE’s power division.