Jesus B. Mantas

Jesus B. Mantas joined Biogen’s Board of Directors in 2019 and serves as the Chair of our Compensation and Management Development Committee. Mr. Mantas served as the Global Managing Partner leading Business Transformation Services in a $9B business of IBM Consulting up until his retirement in 2025. At IBM he led the global team of professionals helping clients design, transform and operate their mission critical processes as they accelerate their digital transformations. He additionally led IBM Consulting acquisition portfolio and served in the IBM Executive Performance Team, IBM Executive Technology Team, IBM Chairman Acceleration Team and was the emeritus chairman of the IBM Hispanic Diversity Council.  He is a member of the World Economic Forum AI Global Council and a member of the board of directors of HITEC, a non-profit with the mission to increase Hispanic representation in technology.

Prior to his most recent IBM role, he led IBM Consulting global portfolio of offerings, acquisitions, strategic alliances, ventures, and IBM Institute of Business Value, the thought leadership arm of IBM. From 2002 through 2016 Mr. Mantas held P&L leadership roles including IBM Global BPO business, IBM Consulting in Latin America, and North America Enterprise market. Before IBM, he was a Partner in the High Technology practice of PricewaterhouseCoopers Consulting, an adjunct professor at University of California Irvine Graduate School of Management and an officer in the Air Force of Spain.