Trump taps former GE exec to be Pentagon comptroller

President Trump has nominated former General Electric executive Jeffrey Bornstein to be Pentagon comptroller.

Bornstein served as chief financial officer of the company from July 2013 to October 2017. He left GE in 2017 after 28 years with the company amid a corporate restructuring.

According to his LinkedIn page, Bornstein is currently a managing partner at Generation Capital Partners.

Though the White House did not announce his nomination, a congressional staffer confirmed information about Bornstein’s background for Inside Defense.

Bornstein, like several other senior officials Trump has sent to the Pentagon, has no previous experience serving at the top levels of national defense or federal government.

If confirmed, Bornstein will be one of the senior-most defense officials in charge of crafting the Pentagon's nearly $1 trillion annual budget.