British entrepreneur Martha Lane Fox joins the board of Twitter

Thomas McMullan Read more April 8, 2016

Twitter is shaking things up with its board, having announced the inclusion of two new members: PepsiCo CFO Hugh Johnston and British tech businesswoman Martha Lane Fox.

British entrepreneur Martha Lane Fox joins the board of Twitter

Fox is the co-founder of Lastminute.com and a cross-bench member of the House of Lords. She will be the second woman to join Twitter’s board, which has been criticised in the past for its lack of diversity.

Johnston and Fox replace two outgoing board members, ex-News Corp COO Peter Chernin and investor Peter Currie.

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