IBM Elects Two New Members to Its Board of Directors
July 29 2014 - 04:34PM
Business Wire
The IBM (NYSE: IBM) board of directors today elected Alex Gorsky
and Peter R. Voser to the board. Alex Gorsky, 54, is chairman and
chief executive officer of Johnson & Johnson (NYSE: JNJ), and
his election to the board will take effect on September 1, 2014.
Peter R. Voser, 55, a Swiss national, is the retired chief
executive officer of Royal Dutch Shell plc (NYSE: RDS.A). His
election to the board will take effect on January 1, 2015.
Ginni Rometty, IBM chairman, president and chief executive
officer, said: “We are delighted that Alex and Peter will be
joining the IBM board of directors. Both are accomplished
international business leaders. Alex and Peter each have deep and
successful experience running information-intensive global
enterprises and both are well known as pacesetters in innovation.
Their expertise and insights will be extremely beneficial to IBM
and our shareholders.”
After the elections of Mr. Gorsky and Mr. Voser take effect, the
IBM board will have a total of 14 members.
Alex Gorsky
Mr. Gorsky is chairman of the board of directors, chief
executive officer and chairman of the executive committee of
Johnson & Johnson. Mr. Gorsky was named Johnson & Johnson’s
chief executive officer, chairman of the executive committee and
joined its board of directors in April 2012. He was later named
chairman of the board of directors of Johnson & Johnson in
December 2012. Prior to being named chief executive officer, Mr.
Gorsky held multiple executive positions with Johnson &
Johnson, including company group chairman for Ethicon, worldwide
chairman of the Surgical Care Group, and worldwide chairman of the
Medical Devices and Diagnostics Group.
Mr. Gorsky also serves on the boards of the Travis Manion
Foundation and the Congressional Medal of Honor Foundation.
Mr. Gorsky holds a bachelor’s of science degree from the U.S.
Military Academy in West Point, N.Y. and a master’s in business
administration from The Wharton School of the University of
Pennsylvania.
Peter R. Voser
Mr. Voser is retired chief executive officer of Royal Dutch
Shell plc, a global energy and petrochemicals company headquartered
in the Netherlands and incorporated in the United Kingdom. Mr.
Voser joined Royal Dutch Shell in 1982 and subsequently held
various executive positions until 2002. Between 2002 and 2004, Mr.
Voser served as chief financial officer and executive committee
member of the Asea Brown Boveri Group of Companies, headquartered
in Zurich. Mr. Voser returned to Royal Dutch Shell in 2004, holding
the position of chief financial officer from 2004 to 2009 and chief
executive officer from 2009 until his retirement in 2013.
Mr. Voser serves as a director of Roche Holding Ltd, a Swiss
pharmaceuticals and diagnostics holding company, and has been
appointed to the board of the Singapore-based investment company
Temasek Holdings, effective January 1, 2015. He is also a member of
the Business Council USA and the board of directors of the Peterson
Institute for International Economics. Mr. Voser serves as chairman
of the board of St. Gallen Foundation for International Studies and
the chairman of Catalyst, a non-profit organization that aims to
build inclusive environments and expand opportunities for women in
business.
Mr. Voser holds a degree in business administration from the
University of Applied Sciences, Zurich.
IBMEdward Barbini, 914-499-6565barbini@us.ibm.com
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