David Soto Abanades

President of Kyndryl European Principal Markets. Top 100 CEO Spain by Forbes 2023, 2024 and 2025. Independent Senior Advisor.

Madrid, Community of Madrid, Spain

About

Father, husband, executive. Passionate about sports and a lover of history. I love meeting and learning from people with strong humanistic ideals and highly committed to the success of their teams and their companies. I am convinced that technology can be a powerful force that enhances our personal lives and boosts our professional productivity. Proud to be the president of a leading company in its sector with a clear purpose: 'Together, each of us advances the vital systems that power human progress.' Kyndryl, a category-of-one company. #WeareKyndryl #WeareTheHeartofProgress

Experience

  • Kyndryl (Full-time · 3 yrs 9 mos)
    • President of Kyndryl European Principal Markets
      Jun 2026 - Present · 1 mo

      Senior Vice President, European Principal Markets at Kyndryl, leading an integrated organization across Germany, Spain, France, Italy, and Portugal. Responsible for driving growth, strengthening cross-country coordination, and enhancing execution across one of Kyndryl’s most strategic regions. Focused on deepening client relationships, accelerating transformation, and building a more agile, connected, and customer-centric operating model across Europe.

    • Presidente Kyndryl España y Portugal & Kyndryl SVP
      Oct 2022 - Jun 2026 · 3 yrs 9 mos

    • Kyndryl General Manager Spain & Portugal
      Oct 2022 - Jan 2023 · 4 mos

  • Independent Advisory at PROEDUCA
    Apr 2022 - Present · 4 yrs 3 mos

  • Independent Advisory Board at Plexus Tech
    Mar 2022 - Jan 2023 · 11 mos

  • Independent Advisory board at myCloudDoor
    Apr 2021 - Jan 2023 · 1 yr 10 mos

  • IBM (24 yrs 9 mos)
    • IBM General Manager - Global Managing Director
      Jul 2012 - Mar 2021 · 8 yrs 9 mos

      Global Managing Director Santander Group

    • IBM Chairman WW Strategy leadership (IVT / AT) member
      Jan 2008 - Feb 2021 · 13 yrs 2 mos

      IBM Corporate strategy leadership team to drive IBM's growth through innovative transformation enabling new markets, new ways of working, and new opportunities to delight IBM clients. As part of these team, I was able to participate in many IBM strategy groups like the initial design of the IBM Cloud Corporate strategy launched in 2008

    • IBM Consulting Managing Partner & VP for Spain, Portugal, Greece and Israel
      Sep 2006 - Jul 2012 · 5 yrs 11 mos

      Managing Partner, VP & head of IBM Consulting division for Spain, Portugal, Greece and Israel