GE announced the appointment of Prashant Jain to lead GE Steam Power for the South Asia region. Prashant will officially assume the role of Regional General Manager GE Steam Power South Asia and Managing Director and Additional Director of GE Power India Limited on April 17, 2019. Prashant joins GE from Siemens where he was most recently the CEO of Power Generation Services.

Prashant succeeds Andrew H. DeLeone, who was previously the Managing Director of GE Power India Limited. Prashant has been with Siemens for 17 years, and prior to that he was with Schneider Electric. Over his career, Prashant has held roles of increasing responsibility across the energy and industrial sector, including power generation and renewable energy.