Lingraju Sawkar

Lingraju Sawkar is currently the President of Kyndryl since July 2021 and has held various significant roles at IBM since February 2009, including General Manager of Global Technology Services for IBM India/South Asia and Vice President of Asia Pacific Infrastructure Services. With extensive leadership experience, Lingraju oversees infrastructure services across the Asia Pacific region and has also led Integrated Technology Services with P&L responsibility. Earlier roles include Director of Cloud and Managed Services for Asia Pacific and Strategy Executive for Growth Markets, where responsibilities included developing long-term strategies for multiple global regions. Lingraju's educational background includes advanced executive programs from Cornell University, Boston University, and INSEAD, along with a PGDM from SPJIMR and a BE in Engineering from the National Institute of Technology Karnataka.