Diane will be succeeded by Nickle LaMoreaux, as the Senior Vice President of Human Resources and Chief Human Resources Officer.

IBM’s Senior Vice president for Human Resources, Diane Gherson, has shared her decision of retiring from her seven years-long position. Ensuing which, Arvind Krishna, CEO, announced a few leadership changes in the company, in a LinkedIn post. 

Krishna shared that Diane has played a major role in transforming the company’s culture and has been of great help in accelerating the clients’ journey to hybrid could and AI, by providing the IBMers with relevant skills. 

Diane will be succeeded by Nickle LaMoreaux, as the Senior Vice President of Human Resources and Chief Human Resources Officer. At present, LaMoreaux is in charge of HR in Cloud and Cognitive Software. She has occupied a variety of HR roles all over the world. During her journey at IBM, she has been a part of large transformational projects, like the acquisition of Red Hat. LaMoreaux is a trusted advisor to the worldwide IBM leaders and is an established HR with a thorough understanding of IBM’s business and client needs. Her experience will be of great help in the company’s future projects, which are focused on creating the leading hybrid cloud platform and unlocking the power of AI. 

Obed Louissaint has been appointed in the new role of Senior Vice President of Transformation and Culture. This new role has been in Krishna’s focus for a long period and its scope extends to Leadership, Learning, Diversity and Inclusion, Talent, and Transformation. “Obed is a skilled leader who has firsthand experience in shaping an organization’s culture to spur innovation and in aligning the skills of IBMers with the evolving needs of our clients,” shared the CEO in his post. 

Krishna also shared that, “At IBM, we are singularly focused on creating a culture that fosters curiosity, continuous learning, and speed. This is what I call a growth and entrepreneurial mindset. I know that transforming the culture of a company with IBM’s breadth and global scale is a tall order. But we are committed to it. And I have great confidence in Nickle and Obed’s ability to continue to move us in the right direction.”