Current chief executive

    Martin J. Schroeter

    Chairman & Chief Executive Officer · Kyndryl

    Tenure: Nov 2021 — present

    Martin J. Schroeter is the inaugural Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Kyndryl, the world's largest IT-infrastructure services company, which was spun out from IBM in November 2021.

    Schroeter was named Kyndryl's first CEO ahead of the separation in 2021 and has led the company through its transition into an independent, publicly traded enterprise serving customers in more than 60 countries with 80,000+ employees.

    Prior to Kyndryl, Schroeter spent more than three decades at IBM in a series of senior business and finance roles, including Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (2014–2017), where he led IBM's shift in spending profile to align with the company's strategic initiatives, and Senior Vice President of Global Markets (2017–2020), with responsibility for IBM's global sales, services, and support across more than 175 countries.

    Under Schroeter's leadership, Kyndryl has built its operating culture around six principles known as The Kyndryl Way — restless, empathetic, devoted, flat, fast, focused — and has been named the #1 Most Loved Workplace® globally for 2026, with 88% of employees reporting that their manager's behavior is consistent with The Kyndryl Way.

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