According to the latest update, IBM(NYSE) has announced appointment of Vanitha Narayanan as Managing Director of IBM India Pvt. Ltd. She takes over from Shanker Annaswamy who will continue to remain in IBM as the Senior Adviser to the corporation on India Enterprise.
Both Ms Narayanan and Annaswamy will report to Jim Bramante, Senior Vice-President, IBM Growth Markets Unit. The appointments are effective immediately.
Ms Narayanan will be responsible for all of IBM's Sales, Marketing, Services and Global Delivery Operations in the India/South Asia (ISA) region, including operations in Bangladesh, Nepal and Sri Lanka. Vanitha has over 25 years of experience working for IBM with multiple client sets and in several countries. Since 2009, she has been a part of the IBM ISA business, serving in roles as the Sales & Distribution Leader and recently as the Managing Partner for Global Business Services (GBS)
Prior to this, she has served as the Vice-President of Communications sector, Asia-Pacific, and the Global Vice-President for IBM’s telecom solutions offerings. Vanitha is a member of the IBM’s Integration & Values Team which is comprised of senior Global Executives who are selected by the IBM Chairman. Vanitha also leads several leadership development and diversity initiatives for ISA and is the executive sponsor for developing the women’s leadership pipeline.
Annaswamy joined IBM in 2004 as General Manager of IBM India and has led ISA region as its Regional General Manager since 2007.
