Charlene Begley joins Red Hat’s board of directors

BANGALORE, INDIA: Red Hat, Inc. today announced that Charlene Begley, a former executive at General Electric Company, has been appointed to the company’s Board of Directors.

“We are pleased to welcome Charlene Begley to our board. With her extensive business and leadership experience, she will add a valuable perspective as Red Hat continues its focus on developing innovative technologies to help enterprises leverage the power of open source to meet their IT and business needs,” said General H. Hugh Shelton, Chairman of Red Hat’s Board of Directors.

Begley is currently a director and member of the audit committee of The NASDAQ OMX Group, WPP plc. and served in various capacities at General Electric from 1988 through December 2013.