
After a two and a half year stint at Thomas Cook, the British businesswoman’s departure was announced back in November 2014 – although though ties were formally severed in June 2015 after six months of gardening leave from 1 January.
Green was widely criticised this year following an inquest into the deaths of two children who died from carbon monoxide poisoning while on a Thomas Cook holiday in 2006, which highlighted that an apology wasn’t issued to the family by her or the company. On the back of the furore, Green agreed to donate a third of her £5.6m bonus from her former employer to a charity of the family’s choice – a move that was deemed “abhorrent”. Green has now secured a new role with IBM, which will her lead new divisions at the American computing firm as the vice president and general manager for the Internet of Things (IoT) and education.Read more on IBM:
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“Harriet brings to IBM a strong, proven track record as a transformative leader. Her creativity and vision will help organisations transform themselves to take fuller advantage of emerging data and cognitive technologies,” said John E. Kelly, SVP, solutions portfolio and research.
“Throughout her career, across multiple geographies and cultures, she has consistently shown a deep understanding of the needs of her customers and clients, and how to help them achieve their goals and aspirations.” The launch comes after IBM said it March it would make a $3bn investment across four years to produce new cognitive computing technologies and data services to support its clients and partners with IoT. The education unit, meanwhile, will officially open later in the year.Entrepreneurial Internet of Things scheme launches as part of £40m government investment
Proud & excited to join @IBM 2day Spending day listening &learning.Being made so welcome & had so many kind messages. pic.twitter.com/o9y7p5AAQu
— Harriet Green (@harrietgreen1) September 14, 2015
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