Vanitha Narayanan,
Independent Director

SLB Board Committees

  • Nominating and Governance, Chair
  • Compensation

Other Experience and Education

  • MBA, University of Houston
  • First woman chairperson of American Chamber of Commerce in India (AMCHAM India)

Former Chairman and Managing Director,
IBM India

Director since 2021

Other Current Public Boards

  • HCL Technologies
  • ReNew Energy Global

Former Public Director Roles During the Past Five Years

  • None
Vanitha Narayanan

VANITHA NARAYANAN is the former Chairman and Managing Director of IBM India, a subsidiary of IBM, a multinational information technology corporation. Over her career spanning three decades at IBM, she held senior executive positions with responsibility for digital businesses in the United States, Asia-Pacific, and India regions, including as Chairman of IBM India from 2017 to 2018 and Managing Director from 2013 to 2016. During her tenure, IBM India was one of IBM’s fastest-growing markets. Most recently, Ms. Narayanan led a strategic 5G partnership as Managing Director for one of IBM’s telecommunications clients from 2018 until her retirement in 2020. Since August 2020, she has served as a director of ReNew Energy Global, one of the largest renewable power companies in India, where she chairs the remuneration committee and serves as a member of the audit and finance committees. She has also been a director of HCL Technologies since July 2021, where she chairs the nomination and remuneration committee.

Reason for Nomination
Ms. Narayanan brings to the Board a wealth of global leadership and technology experience, particularly in India and other Asian markets. The Board values Ms. Narayanan’s digital expertise leading global technology businesses as SLB continues to implement its digital and AI strategies.