Vera Silva
Chief Strategy & Technology Officer,
GE Vernova’s Electrification Systems
Vera Silva is the Chief Strategy and Technology Officer of GE Vernova’s Electrification Systems that includes Grid Solutions, Power Conversion and Storage and Solar Systems. In this role, she leads innovation and technology strategies, marketing, and commercial development of a global multibillion-dollar business focused on decarbonizing power grids and energy conversion solutions for electrification.
Prior to her role at GE Vernova, Vera Silva was program director for electricity systems and markets and senior R&D engineer at Electricité de France (EDF). Preceding EDF she was a researcher at the Control & Power group at Imperial College London and a lecturer at the Polytechnic Institute of Porto, Portugal.
Vera is a respected industry leader with 3 books and over 40 scientific papers published and was recognized as “Engineer of the Year” in 2016 by the IEEE Power and Energy Society.
She is a member of the National Academy of Technologies of France (NATF) and of the US National Academy of Engineering (NAE).
Vera holds a Ph.D. in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, from Imperial College London and an MSc and BSc in Electrical Engineering & Computer Science both from the University of Porto, Portugal.
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