Rachel Duan

Rachel Duan is the President and CEO of GE Greater China as well as, President and CEO of GE Healthcare China. Duan is GE China's first ever homegrown CEO and the first female executive GE commissioned to the post.

She boasts rich business insights and remarkable track record of enabling customer success in China, thanks to her 20-years of experience with GE. Before Duan took office as the President and CEO of GE Greater China, she was the President & CEO of GE Healthcare China since 2010. Prior to that, Rachel served as the President & CEO for the Asia Pacific of Momentive Performance Materials.

Duan joined GE in 1996 as Corporate Audit Staff. During her four years on Audit Staff, she progressed to Senior Audit Manager and led audits in multiple GE industrial and capital businesses worldwide. In 2000, Duan was appointed as Six Sigma Quality Leader for GE Plastics Asia Pacific based in Tokyo. In late 2001, she moved to China and became the Lexan* Commercial Director for GE Plastics Greater China region. From 2003 - 2005, Duan served as Marketing Director first for Greater China, and then for Asia Pacific. In 2005, she was promoted to General Manager for Polymer business in Asia Pacific region. In 2006, Duan became the President and CEO of GE Advance Materials for Greater China.

Duan holds a bachelor's degree in Economics and International Business from Shanghai International Studies University and an MBA from the University of Wisconsin - Madison in USA.