After becoming Chief Risk Officer at GE Real Estate, Jayne Day transformed risk management from a single step at the end of the investment process into a best-in-class discipline that has become a competitive advantage for which GE is well known. Jayne believes this expertise is increasingly valuable as the real estate business expands into emerging markets characterized by differing legal systems, currency regulations and concepts of property rights.

Jayne Day assumed her current position in 1993, and has grown the risk management function at GE Real Estate from 6 people in one office to 400 professionals in 23 locations across North America, Europe and Asia. Today, she is responsible for managing the global risk exposure of the firm’s transactions as well as its approximately $70 billion real estate portfolio. Her role includes evaluating and controlling risks related to underwriting, closing, the environment, engineering and portfolio strategy in 92 markets worldwide. Jayne also heads GE Real Estate’s Credit Committee and serves on its Investment Committee. In 2006, Jayne was elected a GE Company Officer and in 2005 received GE Chairman’s Leader of Growth Award.

Jayne joined GE Real Estate in 1991 as finance manager for the portfolio acquisitions team, where she helped to opportunistically acquire real estate holdings from savings and loans institutions. Before coming to GE, Jayne was a partner at KPMG in New York focused primarily on real estate. As only the second woman named audit partner and the first to return after maternity leave, Jayne has continually served as a role model and mentor for her colleagues.

Jayne earned her MBA in accounting from Pace University, where she participated in the Graduate Management Program for Women, and received a BBA from Siena College.