SAN JOSE, Calif., Sept. 19, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- eBay Inc. (NASDAQ:
EBAY), a global commerce leader, has appointed Adriane Brown and Diana
Farrell to its board of directors.
"eBay has a world-class board of directors with a broad and
diverse range of experience and backgrounds. Adriane and Diana are
each remarkable individuals, and they will bring additional
leadership, strategy and policy expertise in a variety of sectors
to eBay's Board. I look forward to benefiting from their insights
and perspectives as we position eBay to continue to be a leading
global technology and commerce platform," said Devin Wenig, President and CEO of eBay.
Ms. Brown currently is an advisor with Intellectual Ventures,
LLC, where she previously served as President and Chief Operating
Officer. Before that, she held a number of roles at Honeywell
International, Inc., including Senior Vice President, Energy
Strategy, and President and Chief Executive Officer, Honeywell
Transportation Systems. Prior to that, she spent nearly 20 years at
Corning, Inc., where she began her career as a shift supervisor,
rising to the position of Vice President and General Manager of
Corning's Environmental Products Division. She currently serves on
the Board of Directors for Allergan PLC. Ms. Brown earned a B.S. in
Environmental Health from Old Dominion
University and an M.S. in Management from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Ms. Farrell is the Founding President and Chief Executive
Officer at JPMorgan Chase Institute, a global think tank. Prior to
JPMorgan, and over the course of her career, she held a variety of
roles at McKinsey & Company, Inc., serving as the Director and
Global Head of the McKinsey Center for Government, Global Head and
Director of the McKinsey Global Institute and Partner and Leader of
the Global Financial Institutions and Strategy Practices, among
other positions. Ms. Farrell also served as the Deputy Director of
the National Economic Council and the Deputy Economic Advisor to
the President under the Obama Administration. She began her career
at Goldman Sachs. Ms. Farrell is a member of the Board of Trustees
at Wesleyan University, the Urban
Institute and the Trilateral Commission. She earned a B.A. in
the College of Social Studies and in Economics from Wesleyan University and an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School.
About eBay
eBay Inc. (NASDAQ: EBAY) is a global commerce leader including
the Marketplace, StubHub and Classifieds platforms. Collectively,
we connect millions of buyers and sellers around the world,
empowering people and creating opportunity through Connected
Commerce. Founded in 1995 in San Jose,
Calif., eBay is one of the world's largest and most vibrant
marketplaces for discovering great value and unique selection. In
2016, eBay enabled $84 billion of
gross merchandise volume. For more information about the company
and its global portfolio of online brands, visit
www.ebayinc.com.
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