Dmitri Stockton, president and CEO of GE Asset Management, will deliver the commencement address for North Carolina A&T State University’s spring commencement Saturday, May 11, at the Greensboro Coliseum. The ceremony will begin promptly at 8:30 a.m. More than 1,300 students will receive degrees.

A 1986 A&T graduate, Stockton holds a Bachelor of Science degree in accounting from North Carolina A&T State University. The 26-year GE veteran is a seasoned global business leader with an extensive background in financial services who has held leadership positions in banking, asset management, commercial real estate and insurance. He is a senior vice president of GE Company and one of its Top 40 Executive Leaders serving on their Corporate Executive Council.

GE Asset Management has $120 billion in assets under management for GE’s U.S. employee pension and benefits plans and a wide range of other institutional investors, including plan sponsors, sovereign wealth funds, insurance companies, and endowments. In his current role, Stockton oversees an array of investment strategies managed by the firm, spanning U.S. and international equities, fixed income, real estate, private equity and hedge funds.

Stockton has received numerous recognitions and awards during his career including his selection as one of Black Enterprise Magazine’s100 Most Powerful in Corporate America (2009) and 75 Most Powerful on Wall Street (2011). In 2012, he was chosen by Savoy Magazine as one of the Top 100 Most Influential Blacks in Corporate America.

Stockton is an inductee into the National Black College Hall of Fame and was chosen by Beta Alpha Psi Honor Society as the Business Information Professional of the Year in 2005 and the Beta Gamma Sigma Honor Society for the Business Achievement Award in 2007. In 2011, Stockton was honored by GE Chairman Jeff Immelt with the Chairman’s Award for driving company-wide leadership in the area of Risk Management for his efforts in repositioning the GE Capital Global Banking portfolio during the most recent financial crisis. He also has been the recipient of the N.C. A&T Alumni Excellence Award.