GE announced Marisa Harney has been appointed vice president and chief risk officer of GE Capital Americas, GE Capital’s North American lending and leasing business. In this role, Marisa will lead the independent risk team responsible for managing all enterprise risk across the platform including portfolios, systems and processes.

Most recently, Marisa was Head of Corporate Credit Risk of Americas for Bank of America. Prior to her nine years at Bank of America, she held risk roles of increasing seniority at Credit Suisse First Boston, Chemical Bank and Bankers Trust Company.

She received her undergraduate degree in finance from Fordham University and her MBA from New York University’s Stern School of Business.