{"id":47185,"date":"2026-01-31T04:34:00","date_gmt":"2026-01-30T21:34:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thaipropertynews.com\/feeds\/?p=47185"},"modified":"2026-01-31T04:34:00","modified_gmt":"2026-01-30T21:34:00","slug":"ibm-elects-ramon-l-laguarta-to-its-board-of-directors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thaipropertynews.com\/feeds\/?p=47185","title":{"rendered":"IBM Elects Ramon L. Laguarta to its Board of Directors"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"legendSpanClass\">ARMONK, N.Y.<\/span>, <span class=\"legendSpanClass\">Jan. 31, 2026<\/span> \/PRNewswire\/ &#8212; The IBM (NYSE: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ibm.com\/investor\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">IBM<\/a>) board of directors has elected Ramon L. Laguarta to the board, effective March 1, 2026.<\/p>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">   <a href=\"https:\/\/mma.prnasia.com\/media2\/2319830\/IBM_LOGO_1.jpg?p=medium600\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"IBM Corporation logo.\" src=\"https:\/\/mma.prnasia.com\/media2\/2319830\/IBM_LOGO_1.jpg?p=medium600\" alt=\"IBM Corporation logo.\" align=\"middle\" \/><\/a>   <br \/>   <span>IBM Corporation logo.<\/span>  <\/div>\n<p>Ramon L. Laguarta, 62, is the chairman and chief executive officer of PepsiCo. With a strong commitment to performance and leadership, Mr. Laguarta has led PepsiCo, a global food and beverage leader, since 2018. He has played a pivotal role in PepsiCo&#8217;s portfolio and cultural transformation.<\/p>\n<p>Arvind Krishna, IBM chairman, president and chief executive officer, said: &#8220;We are pleased to have Ramon Laguarta join the IBM board of directors. Ramon&#8217;s background, expertise and proven track record of leveraging technology to transform large organizations make him an ideal director to help steward IBM and deliver significant value to our shareholders.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Under Mr. Laguarta&#8217;s leadership, PepsiCo has evolved into a growth-driven, best-in-class organization. He has led a strategic, end-to-end transformation agenda, scaling technology across the enterprise, driving long-term value for the company.<\/p>\n<p>Prior to becoming CEO, Mr. Laguarta was president of PepsiCo, responsible for driving the company&#8217;s corporate strategy. Throughout his career, he has held several executive positions and served as president of developing markets in Europe and CEO of Europe and Sub-Saharan Africa. He is a board member of the Business Roundtable.<\/p>\n<p>Born and raised in Barcelona, Mr. Laguarta holds an MBA from ESADE Business School in Spain and a Master of Management from Thunderbird School of Global Management.<\/p>\n<p>Contact:<br \/>Tim Davidson<br \/>914-844-7847<br \/><a href=\"mailto:tfdavids@us.ibm.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">tfdavids@us.ibm.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><!-- wp:html --><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"legendSpanClass\">ARMONK, N.Y.<\/span>, <span class=\"legendSpanClass\">Jan. 31, 2026<\/span> \/PRNewswire\/ &#8212; The IBM (NYSE: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ibm.com\/investor\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">IBM<\/a>) board of directors has elected Ramon L. Laguarta to the board, effective March 1, 2026.<\/p>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">   <a href=\"https:\/\/mma.prnasia.com\/media2\/2319830\/IBM_LOGO_1.jpg?p=medium600\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"IBM Corporation logo.\" src=\"https:\/\/mma.prnasia.com\/media2\/2319830\/IBM_LOGO_1.jpg?p=medium600\" alt=\"IBM Corporation logo.\" align=\"middle\" \/><\/a>   <br \/>   <span>IBM Corporation logo.<\/span>  <\/div>\n<p>Ramon L. Laguarta, 62, is the chairman and chief executive officer of PepsiCo. With a strong commitment to performance and leadership, Mr. Laguarta has led PepsiCo, a global food and beverage leader, since 2018. He has played a pivotal role in PepsiCo&#8217;s portfolio and cultural transformation.<\/p>\n<p>Arvind Krishna, IBM chairman, president and chief executive officer, said: &#8220;We are pleased to have Ramon Laguarta join the IBM board of directors. Ramon&#8217;s background, expertise and proven track record of leveraging technology to transform large organizations make him an ideal director to help steward IBM and deliver significant value to our shareholders.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Under Mr. Laguarta&#8217;s leadership, PepsiCo has evolved into a growth-driven, best-in-class organization. He has led a strategic, end-to-end transformation agenda, scaling technology across the enterprise, driving long-term value for the company.<\/p>\n<p>Prior to becoming CEO, Mr. Laguarta was president of PepsiCo, responsible for driving the company&#8217;s corporate strategy. Throughout his career, he has held several executive positions and served as president of developing markets in Europe and CEO of Europe and Sub-Saharan Africa. He is a board member of the Business Roundtable.<\/p>\n<p>Born and raised in Barcelona, Mr. Laguarta holds an MBA from ESADE Business School in Spain and a Master of Management from Thunderbird School of Global Management.<\/p>\n<p>Contact:<br \/>Tim Davidson<br \/>914-844-7847<br \/><a href=\"mailto:tfdavids@us.ibm.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">tfdavids@us.ibm.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:html --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":[],"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-47185","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thaipropertynews.com\/feeds\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47185","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thaipropertynews.com\/feeds\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thaipropertynews.com\/feeds\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thaipropertynews.com\/feeds\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thaipropertynews.com\/feeds\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=47185"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thaipropertynews.com\/feeds\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47185\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thaipropertynews.com\/feeds\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=47185"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thaipropertynews.com\/feeds\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=47185"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thaipropertynews.com\/feeds\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=47185"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}