Washington: Online retail giant Amazon.com Inc said on Monday it appointed former PepsiCo Inc Chief Executive Officer Indra Nooyi as a director. Nooyi, who stepped down as CEO of Pepsico in October last year, is the second women of colour to be added on the Amazon’s board of Directors.

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While making the announcement, Amazon said, We’re thrilled to have elected two new members to our Board of Directors this month. Welcome, Roz Brewer and Indra Nooyi,”

Earlier this month, the company named Starbucks Corp`s Chief Operating Officer Rosalind Brewer as a director, the second black woman to serve on its board. Amazon`s eleven-member board now has five women including Nooyi, Brewer, Jamie Gorelick, Judith McGrath and Patricia Stonesifer.

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The company last year said women and minorities are to be among its board nominees as part of a new policy to increase diversity on its board.

Nooyi, who will be part of the audit committee of Amazon`s board, stepped down as the CEO of PepsiCo in October 2018 and as the chairman of the beverage-and-snack maker earlier this year. She was Pepsico CEO from October 2006 to October 2018, where she also served as the Chairman of its board of directors from May 2007 to February 2019.