Shanker Annaswamy named MD, IBM India

IBM has announced the appointment of Shanker Annaswamy as MD of IBM India. He
takes over from Abraham Thomas, who has been named VP for IBM's Global Small
and Medium Business (GSMB) ASEAN/South Asia, based out of Singapore. Annaswamy
will rep-ort to Satish Khatu, GM, IBM ASEAN/So-uth Asia. The appo-intments are
effect-ive midJuly 2004.

Announcing the appointment, Satish Khatu said, "Shan-ker has the broad
industry expertise, local and regional experience and lea-dership qualities that
will further stre-ngthen our organi-zational capability and help us conti-nue on
our growth in India." Annaswamy will be responsible for the operations of
IBM India, including all product and services divisions as well as the company's
sales and distribution. He joins IBM from GE Medical Systems (GEMS), where he
served as President and CEO for GEMS South Asia and MD Wipro-GEMS. Shanker began
his career with Philips Medical Systems and has held a number of executive and
management assignments and has over 25 years of industry experience.

DQW News Bureau

New Delhi