
Ronald Pressman, a 1980 graduate of Hamilton, has been appointed president and CEO of GE Real Estate, a leading global resource for commercial real estate capital. According to a press release from the company, "A 27-year GE veteran, Pressman was most recently president and CEO of GE Asset Management, a global investment business with approximately $197 billion in assets under management. Pressman held a variety of key financial roles early in his GE career and over the past 15 years, he has been CEO of a number of global GE businesses, including GE's Central and Eastern European operations, Power Systems (Europe), Real Estate, Employers Reinsurance, and Insurance Solutions. Pressman began his GE career in 1980 after graduating from Hamilton College." A biology major at Hamilton, Pressman served on the College's Board of Trustees from 1995 to 1999.
GE Real Estate is one of the world's premier commercial real estate companies with more than US$59 billion in assets and a presence in 28 countries throughout North America, Europe, Asia, and Australia/New Zealand.