Amazon steps up diversity hiring, adds ex-PepsiCo CEO Indra Nooyi to board

In what appears to be Amazon’s effort in increasing gender diversity among directors, the technology giant on Monday appointed former PepsiCo chief executive officer (CEO) Indra Nooyi to its board. According to the company’s regulatory filing, Nooyi will also join the audit committee of the board, reported Reuters.

“On February 25, 2019, the Board of Directors of Amazon.com, Inc. (the “Company”) elected Indra K Nooyi as a director of the company, and also appointed her to the audit committee of the board,” Amazon wrote in an 8-K SEC regulatory filing.

Nooyi’s appointment comes soon after Amazon added former Starbucks chief operating officer Rosaling Brewer to its board earlier this month, the second African-American to serve on its board. The company now has five women — Nooyi, Brewer, Jamie Gorelick, Judith McGrath and Patricia Stonesifer — on its 11-member board.