Global Infrastructure Partners Announces Appointment of William Woodburn to Management Team

Mr. Ogunlesi said, "We are delighted to have someone with Bill'sexpertise join our team. His significant knowledge and experience ininfrastructure investments, combined with his strong managementskills, will be an enormous asset to our venture."

Mr. Woodburn spent 22 years at General Electric as an executive,including membership of the Board of GE Capital. Most recently, he leda strategic assessment of GE's industrial portfolio. Prior to that, hewas President and CEO of GE Infrastructure, increasing revenues by 40%from 2003 to 2005. As executive vice president of Equipment Managementat GE Capital, he ran a USD 8 billion portfolio of leasing businesses.

Credit Suisse and GE Infrastructure each will contribute $500million toward the formation of Global Infrastructure Partners. Thejoint venture will invest globally in infrastructure assets, includingenergy, transportation and water. Targets include power generation andtransmission, gas storage and pipelines, water assets, airports, airtraffic control, ports, railroads and toll roads. GE Infrastructure'sparticipants in the joint venture are its GE Energy Financial Servicesand GE Commercial Aviation Services (GECAS) units, including theTransportation Finance team.

Mr. Ogunlesi, Chairman and Managing Partner, has had a 23-yearcareer at Credit Suisse, most recently serving as Executive ViceChairman, Chief Client Officer, and a member of the ManagementCommittee of the Investment Bank. He has also headed the Bank'sChairman's Board, and from 2002 to 2004 served as Global Head of theInvestment Banking Department of the former CSFB.

Mr. Bram has served as Co-Head of the General Industrial andServices Group at Credit Suisse and before that, as COO of theInvestment Banking Department globally. As a senior member of theGlobal Energy and Project Finance Groups, he has had extensiveexperience in leading financings for power and other infrastructureassets and advising clients on significant M&A transactions in theenergy sector.

Mr. Harris has served in a variety of senior roles within CreditSuisse's Investment Banking Department, most recently as Head of theIBD EMEA Emerging Markets Group, Co-Head of the Global Energy Groupand as a member of the IBD Operating Committee in Europe. Prior tothis, he served in numerous roles as a senior member of the Mergersand Acquisitions Group, including head of the Americas M&A Group. Hehas worked on significant transactions in the U.S., Europe, the formerSoviet Union, Turkey and the Middle East.

Mr. McGhee has served as Head of Credit Suisse's GlobalTransportation and Logistics Group since 1990, and has worked onseveral groundbreaking airline and logistics transactions. Intransportation infrastructure, he has led over 30 government airportprivatizations and advised the UK Government on the world's first airtraffic control public private partnership.

About GE

GE Energy Financial Services' 300 experts invest globally with along-term view, across the capital spectrum and the energy and waterindustries, to help their customers and GE grow. With $13 billion inassets, GE Energy Financial Services, based in Stamford, Connecticut,invests more than $3 billion annually in two of the world's mostcapital-intensive industries, energy and water. More information:www.geenergyfinancialservices.com.

GE Commercial Aviation Services (GECAS) is the commercial aircraftfinancing and leasing business of General Electric. GECAS has a fleetof 1,400 owned aircraft it leases to more than 225 airlines in some 60countries. It also offers financing to expand and modernize airportinfrastructure and equipment, and its Transportation Finance unitoffers financing solutions for port terminals and other customers inthe marine, rail and intermodal industries. GECAS has offices in 21cities around the world. For more information, visit www.gecas.com.

GE (NYSE: GE) is Imagination at Work -- a diversified technology,media and financial services company focused on solving some of theworld's toughest problems. With products and services ranging fromaircraft engines, power generation, water processing and securitytechnology to medical imaging, business and consumer financing, mediacontent and advanced materials, GE serves customers in more than 100countries and employs more than 300,000 people worldwide. For moreinformation, visit the company's Web site at www.ge.com.

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