GE appoints two new healthcare officers

GE Healthcare has appointed two new officers within GE Healthcare.

The new officers are:
  • Jan Dewitte is vice president of services-international at GE Healthcare, having been with GE for eight years. Prior to his current role, he was general manager for services-international and general manager for global quality and six sigma.
  • Richard di Benedetto is vice president of sales for Europe, Middle East and Africa at GE Healthcare. Prior to his current role, he was general manager for sales and services in Eastern Europe and manager for Healthcare financial services in Europe. Prior to his 12 years at GE, di Benedetto was an operations manager for Econocom in France.
The company currently has 189 officers internationally.

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