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Russell Hodge CPA

Global Controller, GE

Russell Hodge is a Global Technical Controller at General Electric Company. In this role, Russell monitors and actively participates in standard setting projects including joint projects of the IASB and FASB. He is currently a member of the SEC Regulations Committee and the Global Preparers Forum, a formal advisory body to the IASB. His responsibilities also include consulting with GE businesses on technical accounting and reporting matters within areas of expertise.

Prior to joining GE in August 2007, Russell was a Partner in the National Professional Practice of Ernst & Young. In this position, Russell was responsible for consulting with engagement teams on technical accounting and reporting matters, monitoring activities of standard-setting bodies, drafting firm communication materials related to new and existing accounting pronouncements and leading professional education courses.

From April 2003 to June 2005, Russell was a Professional Accounting Fellow in the Office of the Chief Accountant of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. As a Professional Accounting Fellow, his responsibilities included consulting with public registrants on accounting and reporting matters, acting as a liaison with professional accounting standard-setting bodies, and participating in the development of the Commission staff’s guidance and rule proposals under Federal Securities laws.

Prior to his experience at the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, Russell worked for Ernst & Young for ten years, most recently in the firm’s Professional Practice group.

Russell is a graduate of Auburn University and is a Certified Public Accountant in the state of Alabama.


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