General Electric announced the appointment of Wouter Van Wersch as president & CEO of the newly created APAC (Asia Pacific) region that combines its operations in Japan, Korea, Australia, New Zealand and Papua New Guinea, with the 10 countries of the former ASEAN region. This new role is an extension of his current responsibilities as president & CEO of GE ASEAN, which he was appointed to following the integration of the Alstom energy activities into GE in 2015. In addition to Mr. Van Wersch's new role, Max York has been appointed CEO of GE Australia, and Kevin Hart CEO of GE New Zealand and Papua New Guinea. Eriko Asai who is currently the Government Affairs & Policy Director in Japan, will be promoted to a dual role and become CEO of GE Japan. Together with Chris Khang the President & CEO of GE Korea, they will report to Mr. Van Wersch. The new APAC region which includes Australia, Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam, offers strong development opportunities for GE's 16,000 local employees.