---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001104659-21-121014"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "IBM"
cik: "0000051143"
company_name: "INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORP"
filed_at: "2021-09-30T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-29T00:29:49.563618+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.3
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# IBM elects Al Zollar to board of directors, effective Oct 25, 2021

## Summary
- Al Zollar, 67, former Red Hat director and 34-year IBM veteran, elected to IBM board effective Oct 25, 2021.
- Zollar will serve on the Directors and Corporate Governance Committee; non-management director compensation unchanged.
- Zollar brings expertise in cloud, security, software as a technology investor; also serves on boards of Nasdaq, BNY Mellon, PSEG.
- IBM chairman Arvind Krishna highlighted Zollar's decades of experience and value to the board at a pivotal growth point.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001104659-21-121014
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: IBM
- cik: 0000051143
- company_name: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORP
- filed_at: 2021-09-30T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.3
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/51143/000110465921121014/0001104659-21-121014-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/51143/000110465921121014/tm2128856d1_8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-21-121014
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-21-121014.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-21-121014.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Al Zollar was elected as director at INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORP.
  - Action: elected
  - Role: director
  source text: On September 30, 2021, IBM announced that Al Zollar, former director of Red Hat, has been elected to the IBM Board of Directors, effective October 25, 2021.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/51143/000110465921121014/0001104659-21-121014-index.htm

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