Keith S. Sherin '91

Keith S. Sherin '91

Vice Chairman and CFO
General Electric Company
Connecticut

Keith Sherin is the vice chairman and chief financial officer of the General Electric Company. Mr. Sherin joined GE as part of its financial management program and, over the last 30 years, has held several financial positions in the company, including manager of programs and planning for the corporate audit staff, CFO for the commercial aircraft engines business, CFO for the European plastics business, and CFO for GE Medical Systems. He became a vice president in 1996 and was named chief financial officer in 1998, adding the title of vice chairman in 2007.

Mr. Sherin serves on the boards of the GE Foundation (the company’s philanthropic arm), the University of Notre Dame Advisory Council for the College of Business Administration, and buildOn’s Global Leadership Council. He is also a member of Financial Executives International and the Phi Beta Kappa Society.

Mr. Sherin graduated from the University of Notre Dame in 1981 with a bachelor of science in Mathematics and a minor in Russian Studies. Keith earned his master of business administration at Columbia Business School’s Executive MBA Program in 1991.

Keith, his wife Janet. and their three children, Jake, Zach, and Maggie, live in Weston, Connecticut.

Listing Column: 1

  1. Arthur J. Samberg ’67

    Manager, Hawkes Financial Services LLC , New York Cochair, Board of Overseers
  2. Paolo Scaroni ’73

    CEO, Eni, Italy
  3. Keith S. Sherin '91

    Vice Chairman and CFO, General Electric Company, Connecticut
  4. Dong Bin Shin ’81

    Chairman, Lotte Group, South Korea
  5. David M. Silfen ’68

    Senior Director, The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc., New York
  6. David E. Simon ’85

    Chairman and CEO, Simon Property Group, Inc., Indiana
  7. Jerry I. Speyer ’64

    Chairman and Co-CEO, Tishman Speyer, New York

Listing Column: 2

  1. Sabin C. Streeter ’67

    Executive in Residence, Columbia Business School, New York
  2. Washington Z. SyCip MS ’43

    Founder, The SGV Group, Philippines
  3. Frank K. Tang ’94

    CEO and Managing Partner, FountainVest Partners, Hong Kong
  4. Charles W. Tate ’72

    Chairman and Founder, Capital Royalty, L.P., Texas
  5. Nobuo Tateisi ’62

    Executive Advisor, OMRON Corporation, Japan
  6. Sidney Taurel ’71

    Chairman Emeritus, Eli Lilly and Company, Indiana
  7. Diana Taylor ’80

    Managing Director,Wolfensohn Fund, Management L.P., New York

Listing Column: 3

  1. John T. Thompson ’81

    Chairman and CEO, Thompson Distribution Company, Indiana
  2. Oakleigh Thorne ’86

    Chief Executive Officer, Thorndale Farm LLC, New York
  3. Massimo Tosato ’80

    Executive Vice Chairman, Schroders plc, England
  4. Joseph M. Tucci ’84

    Chairman, President, and CEO, EMC Corporation, Massachusetts
  5. Arthur V. Ty ’91

    Chairman, Metropolitan Bank & Trust Company, Philippines
  6. Alberto J. Verme ’84

    Chairman, Europe, Middle East, and Africa, Citicorp, Dubai and London
  7. William A. von Mueffling ’95

    President and Chief Investment Officer, Cantillon Capital Management, New York

Listing Column: 4

  1. Donald C. Waite III ’66

    Director, Executives in Residence Program, Columbia Business School, New York
  2. Lulu C. Wang ’83

    Founder and CEO, Tupelo Capital Management L.L.C., New York
  3. A. Lorne Weil ’71

    Chairman, Scientific Games Corporation, New York
  4. Peter Kwong-Ching Woo ’72

    Chairman, Wheelock and Company Ltd and the Wharf (Holdings) Ltd, China
  5. Alfonso T. Yuchengco ’50

    Former Presidential Adviser on Foreign Affairs, Office of the President
    Chairman, Yuchengco Group of Companies, Philippines
  6. David W. Zalaznick ’78

    Founding and Managing Principal, The Jordan Company LP, Chairman, Jordan/Zalaznick Advisers, Inc., New York
  7. Martin Zimmerman ’61

    President and CEO, LFC Capital, Inc., Illinois