Arvind Krishna

Director since 2020

• Committee
  • Executive (Chair)
• Key Contributions
  • Deep knowledge of IBM’s business, the opportunities and challenges IBM faces and its strategy as chairman, president and chief executive officer of IBM
  • Extensive research and technology experience as Director of IBM Research and a computer scientist with expertise in key IBM technologies such as artificial intelligence, cloud and quantum computer
  • Outside board experience, which provides perspectives on other industries and corporate governance matters

Arvind Krishna, 62, became the chief executive officer of IBM, and a member of the Board of Directors, in April 2020. He was elected chairman of the Board of Directors in December 2020. Mr. Krishna joined IBM in 1990. Mr. Krishna led the IBM Cloud and Cognitive Software business unit from 2017 to April 2020 and was a principal architect of the acquisition of Red Hat, the largest acquisition in the Company’s history. Mr. Krishna also served as the director of IBM’s Research division from 2015 to 2020. Previously, he was general manager of IBM’s Systems and Technology Group, IBM’s development and manufacturing organization. Prior to that, he built and led many of IBM’s data-related businesses. In 2022, he became a director of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. He is also a director of Northrop Grumman Corporation. Mr. Krishna is also on the Board of Directors of the U.S.-India Strategic Partnership Forum and is a Vice Chair of The Economic Club of New York. He has an undergraduate degree from the Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, and a PhD in electrical engineering from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.