Christina is IBM's Chief Sustainability Officer. She was most recently the Global Head of IBM Sustainability Software, a multi-billion dollar business focused on providing enterprise applications and industry solutions that harness the power of critical technologies such as AI, IoT, hybrid cloud, and blockchain in enabling clients to translate sustainability ambition into action. In that role, she led IBM’s sustainability platform for technology. She is also on IBM’s AI Ethics Board and on the ESG Executive Steering Committee. She has been at the intersection of business, technology, and impact for almost 20 years.
Prior to IBM, Christina was Managing Director for Palladium International, a global impact firm. She built the Commercial Innovation Practice, supporting companies with sustainability and ESG strategies and execution. Her global experience includes time with several top-tier management consulting firms - including Booz Allen Hamilton, Bain & Co, and PricewaterhouseCoopers – in New York, London, Singapore, and Washington DC. She also worked at the Central Intelligence Agency in Washington DC.
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