AXA chief Thomas Buberl to hitch board of IBM

Thomas Buberl, the chief govt officer of AXA, has been elected to the board of IBM, taking up the function from April 2020.

IBM mentioned in an announcement that Buberl (pictured), who was appointed CEO of AXA in September 2016, has been main AXA by means of “a digital transformation, accelerating enterprise innovation and leveraging knowledge to satisfy prospects’ quickly evolving wants within the digital world”.

Earlier than changing into
the CEO of AXA, Buberl was the CEO for Switzerland of Zurich Monetary Companies
and in addition served as a supervisor on the Boston Consulting Group within the banking and
insurance coverage sector.

He has
been a member of AXA’s govt committee since 2012 and is a member of the
AXA board of administrators. Buberl can also be one of many founding members of the
Local weather Finance Management Initiative.

Ginni Rometty,
IBM chairman, president and chief govt officer, mentioned: “Thomas Buberl
is an acknowledged chief in digital transformation.

“His worldwide perspective and expertise in main a multinational insurance coverage firm into the digital period will make him a precious addition to the IBM board.”

Buberl, a citizen of Germany and Switzerland, is a graduate of WHU – Otto Beisheim Faculty of Administration in Germany, earned an MBA from Lancaster College within the UK and holds a PhD in economics from the College of St Gallen in Switzerland.