John Thaliath leaves GE to join a start-up ZETWERK

John Thaliath leaves GE to join a start-up ZETWERK

John Thaliath joins a start-up, ZETWERK after leaving the GE South Asia as General Counsel. ZETWERK is a manufacturing start up and is already a unicorn and profitable initiative, which is hardly visible in a 3-year old start up.

His replacement at GE is in progress and will be announced shortly. John had started working in GE South Asia since May 2020. Since July 2016, he was also General Counsel, GE Global Research based in Bengaluru. John led the legal teams of all GE businesses in the region and ensured enterprise-wide consistency to GE's legal strategy and approach. In his role as General Counsel for South Asia, he was an advisor to the GE senior leadership in the region and drove GE's thought leadership in the legal fraternity.

John was an Attorney at Intel Corporation, responsible for 16 countries in South East Asia before joining GE. Prior to that he was an Attorney with TE Connectivity, where he was responsible for Legal & Compliance for India, Middle East and Africa. As Global Legal Compliance Manager at the California-based IMI Severe Service, he worked extensively in FCPA and other anti-corruption compliance. John also had an academic stint as the founding principal of the School of Law, Christ University in Bengaluru, India.

John graduated in Law from Mysore University, India and earned a Master of Laws degree from the London School of Economics and Political Science, UK.