Position: Chairman of IBM Europe
Organization: IBM

Harry van Dorenmalen was appointed chairman of IBM Europe on October 1, 2010. He represents IBM to the European Commission and other authorities such as NATO and the European Defence Agency on issues of international public policy and business regulation. In this role he also oversees the company's corporate citizenship, environmental affairs, intellectual property, standards development, venture capital and university relations activities across the region.

Harry takes on this role in addition to his role of Country General Manager IBM Netherlands, which he has held since 2005.

Harry started his career at IBM in 1982 as a programmer. Since then he held a series of leadership positions including Vice President of IBM’s Industrial Sector business in EMEA, responsible for the Automotive and Electronics sector. And he was Managing Director for IBM’s business with Royal Philips Electronics. He has also been Director of IBM’s Service Delivery Organisation in Europe and has enjoyed spells in the company’s professional services, manufacturing, application development and consulting divisions.

Harry holds a degree in Business Administration from the University of Delft. He is married with two daughters.

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