September 27, 2022

Former IBM CEO elected to Cargill's board of directors

Virginia M. Rometty, former chairman, president and chief executive officer of IBM, has been elected to the Cargill's board of directors.

Rometty became CEO of IBM in 2012 and retired in 2020. She made bold changes during her tenure, notably leading the acquisition of 65 companies, including Red Hat, the largest acquisition in the company's history.

In 2020, Rometty was named to the board of directors for JP Morgan Chase. She is the co-chair of OneTen, an organisation that brings together top US companies, including IBM and Cargill, to upskill, hire and promote one million Black Americans over the next 10 years.

She also serves on the Board of Trustees of Northwestern University, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center and the Brookings Institute.

Additionally, Rometty is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations, the Peterson Institute for International Economics, the Singapore Economic Development Board International Advisory Council, the Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Advisory Board and the BDT Capital Advisory Board.

Rometty has a Bachelor of Science degree in computer sciences from Northwestern University, where she later was awarded an honorary degree. She also has honorary degrees from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and North Carolina State University.

- Cargill