Aris Kekedjian

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ABOUT ARIS KEKEDJIAN

Aris is a strategic executive with a proven ability to deliver transformation of business, process and people in complex global organizations. An accomplished deal maker with billion-dollar transactions around the world, Aris has a broad record of leadership in business development, M&A and operations of complex cross-border businesses at scale. He has a reputation for driving positive change while building and inspiring top-performing teams to meet aggressive goals. He currently a founding partner at Borealis & S and Singularity Point Capital. He also serves on the board of Stratasys, a Nasdaq-listed market leader in industrial 3D printing & additive manufacturing solutions, materials & services. Recent activities included roles as Chairman & CEO of Trinity Biotech, CEO of Icahn Enterprises and board memberships at Xerox and XPO Logistics.Perviously, Aris served as Chief Investment Officer and Head of Business Development at General Electric, with responsibility across a broad global portfolio of financial and industrial businesses. He sourced sovereign capital partners during the 2008 financial crisis, orchestrated the $250B break-up of GE Capital (one of the largest corporate restructuring efforts in history) and executed a series of landmark industrial mergers, including Baker-Hughes (NYSE: BKR) and Wabtec (NYSE: WAB). He has closed multi-billion-dollar transactions in the water technology, distributed power, industrial automation/IOT, aerospace and healthcare industries. He also spearheaded acquisitions in emerging or disruptive sectors, including the leading wind turbine manufacturer and landmark deals to build one of the leading industrial-scale 3D printing business.He has thrived in global leadership roles in Asia, Europe and North America and executed countless cross border transactions. Aris has a uniquely extensive and deep knowledge of the financial services landscape, having led business development activities at GE Capital, executed the IPO and Split of Synchrony Financial (NYSE: SYF) and built GE Capital as it’s CEO in the Middle East. As CFO of GE Money Europe, Aris was the key architect of a market expansion strategy resulting in a $105B portfolio of lending and banking platforms across 25 countries. Aris can be reached via this page or by email at a•••••@iCloud.com