Primary Job Title COO and CFO Primary Organization 
GE Aviation
Location Cincinnati, Ohio, United States Regions Great Lakes, Midwestern US Gender Male
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Shane Wright is the vice president and chief financial officer for GE Aviation. In this role, Shane oversees all aspects of financial strategy for GE Aviation's $22 billion aerospace business with more than 80 facilities in 21 countries around the globe.
Shane joined GE in 1988 on the Financial Management Program. He then spent six years
with the Corporate Audit Staff and held global finance leadership roles of increasing responsibility for several GE businesses, including finance manager, Asia Pacific for Transportation; finance manager, Asia, Europe and Africa for Energy; financial planning and analysis manager for Oil & Gas; chief financial officer, Property & Casualty for Insurance Solutions and chief financial officer for GE Transportation.
Shane also has experience in mergers and acquisition, serving as the Corporate Staff Executive for M&A in Hong Kong in 1998, and in risk management, serving as the global risk and underwriting manager for GE Insurance Solutions in 2002.
Prior to joining GE Aviation, Shane served as chief financial officer for GE Healthcare International, where he was responsible for the Europe, Middle East and Africa, and Greater Asia regions for GE's Healthcare business.
Shane is the staff sponsor for GE Aviation's Veteran's Network, leading efforts to recruit, retain and promote high quality military veteran employees to the business.
He earned his Bachelor of Arts degree in economics from Whitman College, Walla Walla, Washington in 1986. In the community, Shane serves on the Board of Directors for the Cincinnati Port Authority and on the Board of Directors for 3CDC, Cincinnati's Development Corporation.
