About
Jeannine Sargent is an independent director of Fortive with over 30 years of experience in leadership, operations, marketing and engineering roles across a wide mix of high-technology hardware and software companies. She serves as an Operating Partner at G2 Venture Partners since 2024, focused on transformational technology in the industrial and energy sectors, and as a Venture Partner and Senior Advisor at Breakthrough Energy Ventures since 2019.
She previously served as president of Energy and as president of Innovation and New Ventures at Flex, a leader in global design and manufacturing, from 2012 to 2017, and as Chief Executive Officer of Oerlikon Solar, a thin-film silicon solar photovoltaic module manufacturer and wholly owned subsidiary of Oerlikon, and of Voyan Technology, an embedded systems software provider. She was a Senior Advisor to Generation Investment Management, LLC from 2017 to 2026.
Roles
Fortive Corp.
Director · Current role
Present
Flex
President of Energy; President of Innovation and New Ventures · A leader in global design and manufacturing.
2012 – 2017
Oerlikon Solar
Chief Executive Officer · A thin-film silicon solar photovoltaic module manufacturer and wholly owned subsidiary of Oerlikon, a publicly-traded Swiss company.
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Voyan Technology
Chief Executive Officer · An embedded systems software provider.
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Generation Investment Management, LLC
Senior Advisor · A pioneer in sustainable investing.
2017 – 2026
External Roles
G2 Venture Partners
Operating Partner
2024 – present
Breakthrough Energy Ventures
Venture Partner and Senior Advisor
2019 – present
Northeastern University
Trustee
2017 – present
Cypress Semiconductor Corp.
Director
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Queens' Gambit Growth Capital
Director
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Katalyst Ventures
Senior Advisor and Operating Partner
2018 – present
Director Compensation
FY 2025
Fees earned or paid in cash
$140,000