Lynn Calpeter was named Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of NBC Universal in May 2004. She is responsible for overseeing NBC Universal's financial planning and operations and plays a key role in the company's strategic business initiatives. She reports directly to Bob Wright, the chairman and chief executive officer of NBC Universal.
Calpeter had served as executive vice president and chief financial officer of NBC since July 2003. Before that she had been chief financial officer of the NBC Television Stations Division from 1999 to 2001, after which she served as vice president of the GE Corporate Audit Staff in Fairfield, Connecticut.
Calpeter is a veteran GE executive, having joined the company in 1986 after graduating from college. After graduating from GE's Financial Management Program, Calpeter spent six years on GE's Corporate Audit Staff, where she was involved in several operational and financial audits at a number of GE businesses, including Aircraft Engines, Plastics, and NBC. In 1993, Calpeter joined GE Plastics, where she served in a number of positions of increasing responsibility, culminating in her appointment in 1998 as Manager, GEP Global PSI.
Lynn Calpeter is a graduate of Cornell University with a B.S. in business management and applied economics.
So, I finally got it all figured out and I really enjoyed my time here, and as Deb said, I had a great opportunity when I was a senior because I had taken finance as junior, to work with her in her first year here at Cornell, and other of my peers at the time to TA in finance, and it was really hone...(Full transcript available to logged in subscribers.).
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