The board of directors of International Business Machines Corporation elected Alex Gorsky and Peter R. Voser to the board. Alex Gorsky is chairman and chief executive officer of Johnson & Johnson and his election to the board will take effect on September 1, 2014. Peter R. Voser is the retired chief executive officer of Royal Dutch Shell plc.

His election to the board will take effect on January 1, 2015. After the elections of Mr. Gorsky and Mr. Voser take effect, the IBM board will have a total of 14 members. Mr. Gorsky was named Johnson & Johnson's chief executive officer, chairman of the executive committee and joined its board of directors in April 2012.

He was later named chairman of the board of directors of Johnson & Johnson in December 2012. Prior to being named chief executive officer, Mr. Gorsky held multiple executive positions with Johnson & Johnson, including company group chairman for Ethicon, worldwide chairman of the Surgical Care Group, and worldwide chairman of the Medical Devices and Diagnostics Group. Mr. Gorsky also serves on the boards of the Travis Manion Foundation and the Congressional Medal of Honor Foundation.

Mr. Voser joined Royal Dutch Shell in 1982 and subsequently held various executive positions until 2002. Between 2002 and 2004, Mr. Voser served as chief financial officer and executive committee member of the Asea Brown Boveri Group of Companies, headquartered in Zurich. Mr. Voser returned to Royal Dutch Shell in 2004, holding the position of chief financial officer from 2004 to 2009 and chief executive officer from 2009 until his retirement in 2013.