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Diane L. Cooper

Corporate director

 

Independent Director since: 2024 

Brings extensive experience in financial services leadership through her 30-year career at GE Capital, including most recently as President and CEO of GE Commercial Distribution and Finance, one of the largest commercial lenders in the U.S.

 

Residence: Gravois Mills, Missouri, USA 

 

Board Committees

Member of the Audit and Conduct Risk Committee and Risk Review Committee

 

Business experience

  • President and CEO of GE Capital’s Commercial Distribution business (2009-2016) 
  • President of GE Capital Equipment Finance 
  • President of GE Franchise Finance

Areas of expertise

Executive leadership / Risk management / Financial services / U.S. experience

 

Other public company boards (last five years)

StoneX Group Inc. (since 2018) (Risk Committee (Chair), Technology and Operations Committee, Audit Committee)

 

Service and recognition

  • Founding member of GE Women’s Network 
  • United Way Regional Leader, Dallas-Fort Worth 
  • Past President, Junior Achievement, Dallas-Fort Worth

Education

  • B.A. (Business), Baker University 
  • MBA, Baker University
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