Jan De Witte has been President and CEO of Performance Solutions since May 2010, responsible for building GE Healthcare’s knowledge solutions capabilities into a new growth business that provides new ways of organizing, measuring, and managing health care delivery over the full cycle of care to drive better cost, quality and access.   

In April 2011, Jan was named to the additional role of President and CEO of Healthcare IT, a $1.4 billion segment of GE Healthcare. GE Healthcare IT is a global leader in delivering information technology solutions that support high-quality and cost-effective care through business, clinical, and imaging applications covering settings from the physician office to the integrated delivery network.   

As CEO of these advisory and technology businesses, Jan will enable them to synchronize their strategies and common areas of cooperation, positioning GEHC as a unique partner to the healthcare industry.   

Jan has served in a number of strategic technology and business leadership roles since he joined GE in 1999. He has a diverse background in services, digital business strategy, supply chain, manufacturing, quality and Lean Six Sigma. Previously Jan led GE Healthcare’s $1.2 billion Services business across Europe, the Middle East, Africa and Asia, a role that also oversaw the company’s regional Healthcare IT businesses.

Prior to GE, Jan held a variety of operational management positions in supply chain and manufacturing at Procter & Gamble in Europe. From 1993 to 1998 Jan served as Senior Consultant with McKinsey & Company in Brussels, Amsterdam, and Zurich in business strategy development and performance improvement, serving clients in airline, process and high tech industries across Europe.   

Jan is a GE Officer. He graduated with the greatest distinction from the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (Belgium) in 1987 with a Master of Science Degree in Electro-Mechanical Engineering. Jan earned his MBA from Harvard Business School in 1993.