Arun Sarin — Board Member Accountability Profile
Category: Private Citizen — Corporate Director Role: Independent Director, Oracle Corporation Board Tenure: 2008 – present Committee Memberships: Finance and Audit Committee; Corporate Governance and Nominating Committee Profile Type: Board Member Accountability — Anchor B (Documented Organizational Leadership)
Basis for Inclusion: Arun Sarin holds a documented governance role at Oracle Corporation. Oracle Corporation is a major enterprise software and cloud computing company and made documented political donations to Trump-aligned entities. Oracle has significant U.S. federal government cloud computing contracts (including classified government cloud), is significantly affected by federal IT procurement policy, and its founder Larry Ellison has had documented personal and financial relationships with the Trump administration, including the TikTok acquisition discussions. This profile documents the factual governance relationship, not the subject’s personal political views.
Subject Classification: Private Citizen / Corporate Director. Board membership is a matter of public record.
What is NOT the basis for inclusion: Personal political opinions, party affiliation, or protected speech are NOT the basis for inclusion.
Biographical Overview
Arun Sarin is a senior telecommunications industry executive who served as Chief Executive Officer of Vodafone Group plc from 2003 to 2008, one of the world’s largest mobile telecommunications companies. Prior to Vodafone, he was President and CEO of AirTouch Communications and held roles at Pacific Bell. Sarin was born in India, earned degrees from IIT Kharagpur and an MBA from UC Berkeley’s Haas School of Business. He brings international telecommunications, technology, and global business expertise to Oracle’s board. He has served on the boards of multiple multinational corporations.
Board Role and Governance Authority
- Company: Oracle Corporation (NYSE: ORCL)
- Board tenure: 2008 – present
- Committee assignments: Finance and Audit Committee; Corporate Governance and Nominating Committee
Other Current Board Memberships (if applicable)
Sarin has served on the boards of multiple multinational corporations including Accenture and other global technology and financial services companies.
Parent Corporate Donor Profile
This profile is a governance-accountability companion to the Oracle Corporation corporate donor profile.
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Investigative trail pointers (public records)
Education only — verify independently. Absence of hits is not proof.
| Channel | Starting points |
|---|---|
| Federal courts | CourtListener / PACER party and attorney searches (spelling variants) |
| Campaign finance | FEC + OpenSecrets for committees and donors tied to documented roles |
| Corporate / LLC | State secretary of state; OpenCorporates for cross-border shells from reporting |
| Sanctions / PEP | OpenSanctions when international business context is already sourced |
| Contracts / grants | USAspending.gov for named entities from investigations |
Use public-records-research-specialist, corporate-intelligence-investigator, and public-corruption-ombudsman evidence tiers.
Sources
- Oracle Corporation DEF 14A Proxy Statement, 2025; SEC EDGAR
- Vodafone Group corporate records (public)