Dan Henson

Who is Dan Henson?

Dan Henson is president and CEO of GE Capital Solutions, a global provider of leasing, lending and capital investment products. In this role, Mr. Henson oversees $90 billion in assets and 13,000 employees. He assumed this role in March 2008. Mr. Henson was previously GE's chief marketing officer, a position he held since January 2006. While there, he was responsible for driving sales and marketing, sales force effectiveness, enterprise accounts, strategic marketing, advertising, branding and communications. He was also charged with cross-business marketing and sales initiatives, including Imagination Breakthroughs, Ecomagination and GE's Experienced Commercial Leadership Program. Mr. Henson, a 21-year GE veteran, was first named an officer in 1999. He has served as the chief commercial officer of GE Commercial Finance, president and chief executive officer of GE Vendor Financial Services, president and chief executive officer of GE Capital Fleet Services and president and general manager of GE Capital Auto Financial Services. As chief quality officer of GE Capital, a position he assumed in 1998, he oversaw all the business' Six Sigma quality initiatives. Mr. Henson began his career at GE as a district marketing manager for Vendor Financial Services, where he worked in a variety of sales, business development and management roles. Mr. Henson has spent six years outside the U.S. leading GE teams in London for European Equipment Finance and in Mexico City for Commercial Equipment Finance. A graduate of George Washington University's School of Government and Business Administration in Washington, D.C., Mr. Henson lives in Connecticut with his wife and two children.