Jesús Mantas

Jesús Mantas a Senior Advisor in technology and business transformation. He currently serves as Chair of the Compensation and Management Development Committee in the Board of Biogen (NASDAQ: BIIB), a Fortune 500 leading biotechnology company. He serves in the Innovation, Audit and Compensation committees in the Board of International Flavors and Fragrances (NYSE:IFF), a Fortune 500 company in the scents, flavors, health and biosciences sectors. He also serves on the boards of NeuroFab, a private company developing next generation neuromorphic AI computing, and DVLP Medicines, a private company that provides AI-native platforms to accelerate the drug development process in biopharma companies.

He is a Trustee of the Patrick J. McGovern Foundation, one of the world’s leading philanthropic funders of ethical AI use for social good. He is a Board member of the National Association of Corporate Directors (NACD); vice-chair of the Board at HITEC, a non-profit focused on leadership development in technology careers; and a Senior Advisor to public and private companies, including NASDAQ Center for Board Excellence, IE University New York College, BetterUp and Quantum Metric.

His career in Artificial Intelligence started in 1992 in the field of neural networks applied to speech recognition. In his journey, he launched one of the world's first AI practices at scale while at IBM and was a member of the inaugural World Economic Forum’s Global AI Council. He retired in 2025 as the leader of a $10B unit of IBM, after a 23 year career that included leadership roles such as head of IBM Consulting Strategy, Offerings and Corporate Development, general manager of IBM Global Business Process Outsourcing and president of IBM Consulting in Latin America.

Before joining IBM, Jesus lived in California and was a partner in the High Technology Practice of PricewaterhouseCoopers Consulting. He also worked for Ernst & Young and led supply chain systems for Procter & Gamble in Spain.

Jesus holds degrees in Telecommunications, and Business Administration by Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, was an adjunct professor at the Graduate School of Management of the University of California, Irvine; and served as an officer in the Air Force of Spain.