Jon Freedman

Jon Freedman is the Global Government Relations Leader for GE Power & Water, Water & Process Technologies.

Jon Freedman is the Global Government Relations Leader for GE Power & Water, Water & Process Technologies.

In this role, Freedman is responsible for monitoring and helping shape domestic and international water policies. In addition, he helps form technology collaboratives between GE Power & Water and government entities. Freedman joined GE eight years ago as a business development leader with GE Energy, where he led the acquisition of Osmonics, a leading global water treatment company.

He then joined GE Power & Water, where he served as general manager, Contractual Services, with responsibility for developing and executing business plans to drive expansion into a range of service segments of the global water marketplace. More recently, Freedman was a director in GE's Corporate Marketing Initiatives Group, reporting to GE's chief marketing officer.

Before joining GE, Freedman worked for Suez Group, both in the United States and in Paris, France. Freedman received a B.A. from the University of Virginia, a law degree from William & Mary, and an MBA in Finance from The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.