Adriane Brown and Diana Farrell appointed to eBay board

eBay Inc. has appointed Adriane Brown and Diana Farrell to its board of directors. Brown is currently an advisor with Intellectual Ventures, LLC, where she previously served as president and chief operating officer, while Farrell is the Founding President and Chief Executive Officer at JPMorgan Chase Institute.

"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," said Devin Wenig, President and CEO of eBay in a media statement.

Previously, Brown 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.

Prior to JPMorgan, and over the course of her career, Farrell 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. 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. She is a member of the board of trustees at Wesleyan University, the Urban Institute and the Trilateral Commission.

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