Uber board disrupts company’s sexist culture
No word yet on the fates of CEO Travis Kalanick or his right-hand man Emil Michael but Nestle’s Wan Ling Martello joins the board as an independent director
San Francisco — After a Sunday meeting that lasted more than six hours, a representative for Uber Technologies’ board said directors approved several changes, without providing clarity on the fates of CEO Travis Kalanick or his confidant and head of business, Emil Michael. The board approved all recommendations from an investigation it commissioned, led by former US attorney-general Eric Holder, the representative said. Wan Ling Martello, an executive vice-president at Nestle, is to join the board as an independent director, people familiar with the matter said. This fulfils one of the recommendations of the investigation, to appoint an independent director. The ride-hailing company plans to begin implementing the changes early this week and outline them to employees at a meeting on Tuesday. On the agenda at Sunday’s meeting were a possible leave of absence for Kalanick and potentially parting ways with Michael. The pair’s involvement in at least two incidents — the mishandling of a...
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