GE said it appointed Marisa Harney as vice president and chief risk officer of GE Capital Americas. In this role, she will lead the independent risk team responsible for managing all enterprise risk across the platform including portfolios, systems and processes.

Most recently, Harney was head of Corporate Credit Risk of Americas for Bank of America. Prior to her nine years at Bank of America, she held risk roles of increasing seniority at Credit Suisse First Boston, Chemical Bank and Bankers Trust Company.

She received her undergraduate degree in finance from Fordham University and her MBA from New York University’s Stern School of Business.

GE said it currently has 196 officers globally who lead large revenue generating businesses or are in critical functional roles, helping to drive growth.