Some group executives said they would use the money salaries and programming.

He became chairman of the restructuring committee in 1984 and group executive in 1986.

From 6pm to 7pm he usually has a meeting with the group chief executive, and then informal meetings with executives who are still around.

On the corporate level, he was a vice president and group executive for oil, gas and minerals.

The other group's vice president and group executive is Michael Mutchler, 54, who has held the job for less than six months.

Currently, he is the group executive in charge of the company's personal computer, work station and multimedia businesses.

Rometty became senior vice president and group executive for sales, marketing and strategy in 2009.

I balked at becoming a group executive when the job was first offered to me in September.

Now in Frankfurt, he called over the weekend and offered to quit, group executives said.

He pared the company to six divisions and got rid of all the group executives.