Mr. Peter A. Barnes

PETER A. BARNES is Tax Counsel - International for General Electric.  He supports GE and its affiliates on tax matters throughout the Asia-Pacific region and works on global initiatives such as transfer pricing.  From 1994-1997, Peter was resident in Hong Kong.

Peter graduated from the University of North Carolina in 1974 and received his law degree from Yale University in 1980.

Prior to joining GE in 1991, Peter worked for four and a half years for the Office of Tax Policy at the U.S. Department of Treasury in Washington, D.C., where he concluded his period of service as U.S. Deputy International Tax Counsel.

Previously Peter clerked for the Hon. Gerhard A. Gesell, U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, and worked as a tax attorney with Hughes Hubbard & Reed in Washington, D.C.