By Tez Romero
Publication Date: 2026-03-19 18:33:00
Over his more than three decades at IBM, Msays held senior leadership positions across IBM Consulting, consulting with clients and leading teams in approximately 60 countries. Most recently, he led the company’s Global Enterprise Applications Managed Services business. Between 2021 and 2023, his unit allegedly achieved 42% cumulative growth — substantially outperforming both IBM Consulting and the wider company over the same period.
Yet Msays claims those results were not enough. He alleges he was passed over for promotion to Band B — IBM’s higher-tier executive classification — on three separate occasions, each time in favor of Asian counterparts.
The most detailed allegation centers on the Global Hybrid Cloud Management leader role. Msays claims that in January 2024, the position went to a younger, less-experienced colleague of Indian descent whose own business unit was allegedly the focus of an internal investigation concerning inflated…
