Denniston

Brackett Denniston, GE's former senior counsel for litigation and legal policy, has been named the company's new vice president and general counsel, reporting directly to CEO Jeffrey Immelt. Responsible for the worldwide GE legal organization, Denniston will also join the GE Capital Corp. board of directors, and will continue to chair the company's policy compliance review board. The former chief legal counsel to Governor William F. Weld of Massachusetts, Denniston was also a partner at Boston's Goodwin, Procter and Hoar, and served as chief of the Major Frauds Unit of the U.S. Attorney's Office.

In separate news, GE's Employers Reinsurance Corp. last week announced that Mark Elborne of UK-based CMS Cameron McKenna had joined the company as general counsel.