Microsoft names former GE CFO as operations chief

A view shows a Microsoft logo at Microsoft offices in Issy-les-Moulineaux near Paris, France, February 9, 2024. REUTERS/Gonzalo Fuentes/File Photo

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(Reuters) - Microsoft on Thursday named former GE finance chief Carolina Dybeck Happe as chief operations officer.

Happe was GE's finance chief since March 2020 and was instrumental in leading the company's turnaround.

"In this newly created role, she will join the senior leadership team (SLT), reporting to me," Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella said in a statement.

(Reporting by Deborah Sophia in Bengaluru; Editing by Shilpi Majumdar and Anil D'Silva)