International Cricket Council Appoints Indra Nooyi As Independent Director

The International Cricket Council (ICC) on Friday announced that PepsiCo Chairman and CEO Indra Nooyi's has been appointed to the ICC Board as the organization's first independent female director. Indra will join the Board in June 2018 to align with the term of the ICC Independent Chairman, following the unanimous confirmation of her appointment at a meeting. The introduction of an Independent Director, who must be female, was approved by the ICC Full Council in June 2017 as part of wide ranging constitutional change aimed at improving the global governance of the sport, the ICC said in a press release.