SAN FRANCISCO, July 19, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- Twitter, Inc. (NYSE: TWTR) today announced the appointments of Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala and Robert Zoellick to Twitter's Board of Directors (the "Board"wink as new independent directors, effective immediately. Marjorie Scardino will be stepping down from the Board for personal reasons at the end of the year.

"Ngozi and Bob are distinguished leaders with unparalleled global perspective and policy expertise," said Omid Kordestani, Executive Chairman of Twitter. "We are confident they will be incredible assets to Twitter as we continue to focus on driving transparency and making Twitter a safer, healthier place for everyone who uses our service."

Mr. Kordestani added, "On behalf of the Twitter Board, I want to thank Marjorie for her service on the Twitter Board over the past five years. Marjorie joined the Board in 2013 and has been a strong voice on our board as our Lead Independent Director. Marjorie's insights and contributions have been invaluable, and all of us at Twitter wish her the best and look forward to her contributions through the end of the year."

"Twitter is a powerful platform that continues to be used as a strong connector for the global community, and I'm thrilled to be a part of the team," said Dr. Okonjo-Iweala. "As we strive to build a better world for tomorrow, Twitter can amplify messages and drive critical conversations around today's most important issues. I look forward to partnering with Twitter's talented directors and leadership team as we work to leverage the power of Twitter for good."

"I'm honored to join a company as purposeful as Twitter," added Mr. Zoellick. "Twitter has made meaningful progress in expanding and encouraging global dialogue and creativity on its platform, and I'm privileged to work with Jack, Omid and the rest of the Board to continue the strong momentum underway."

Additional details regarding the appointments can be found in a Form 8-K filed by Twitter with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

About Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala

Dr. Okonjo-Iweala has served as a Senior Advisor to Lazard, Ltd., a global financial advisory and asset management firm, since September 2015. Prior to joining Lazard, she served as the Minister of Finance of Nigeria from July 2003 until June 2006 and as the Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister for the Economy of Nigeria from August 2011 until May 2015. From 1982 until 2003 and then from December 2007 until August 2011, she held several positions at the World Bank, most recently as Managing Director from December 2007 until August 2011. She has been a member of the Board of Directors of Standard Chartered plc, a multinational banking and financial services company, since November 2017. Dr. Okonjo-Iweala has served as the Board Chair of the Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunization (GAVI) since January 2016. Dr. Okonjo-Iweala holds a Ph.D. from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and an A.B. from Harvard University.

About Robert Zoellick

Mr. Zoellick has served as the Chairman of the Board of Directors of AllianceBernstein Holding L.P., a global investment management firm, since April 2017. Mr. Zoellick has also served as a board member of Temasek Holdings (Private) Ltd., a Singaporean corporation principally engaged in the business of investment holding, since August 2013. He has served as a Senior Counselor to the Brunswick Group, a global public affairs and communications firms, since May 2017. Since July 2012, he has also been a Senior Fellow at the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs at Harvard University's Kennedy School of Government. From October 2013 until September 2016, he served as Chairman of the Board of International Advisors at the Goldman Sachs Group. From July 2007 until June 2012, Mr. Zoellick served as President of the World Bank Group. From 2006 to 2007, Mr. Zoellick served as Vice Chairman, International and a Managing Director of Goldman Sachs. Mr. Zoellick served as the Deputy Secretary for the U.S. Department of State from 2005 until 2006 and as the U.S. Trade Representative from 2001 to 2005. From 1985 to 1993, Mr. Zoellick held various posts in the U.S. government, including Counselor to the U.S. Secretary of the Treasury, Under Secretary of State, and Deputy Chief of Staff at the White House. Mr. Zoellick holds a J.D. from the Harvard Law School, an M.P.P. from Harvard's Kennedy School of Government, and a B.A. from Swarthmore College.

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Toonu chineke

Congratulations

Wow

Nn

Ngozi I know say one day, you go make us proud


Haters will say she doesn't merit it.

So she used our common wealth to invest in Twitter

name checkers

Sylver247:
Ngozi I know say one day, you go make us proud


Haters will say she doesn't merit it.

This innocent woman is over there making wave and doing us proud as a country not as a tribe, you are all here celebrating her success with hate speech. For your information, before you start playing the tribal bigotry scripts, twitter only recognizes her as a Nigerian and nothing more.

you are the hater here.. no one is hating on the woman.. you are the one calling for haters that does not even exist to come.. stop all these irritating stuff! call for love not hate. haba!

why is everyone's slogan here is HATE/HATER/HATING? Please what is going one here? who is hating on who really?

This seems to be the slogan of most of our brothers from the east..

Let me qucikly say this.. on behalf of the rest of us, PLEASE, WE ARE SAYING WE DONT HATE YOU, WE LOVE YOU.

And for your information, we cant even afford you hate on your personal self, it is totally UNACCEPTABLE.

AND WELCOME TO THE NEW NIGERIA WHERE ONLY LOVE WILL BE OUR SLOGAN HENCEFORTH

THANK YOU.

PS: For those of you mentioning me, I really do not have enough time to waste here arguing with you guys as I have better things to engage myself with.. funny thing is, one rogue here is even digging out my past posts but failed to see that I've never engaged in any tribal argument before on this forum.. Seun is just being sensitive about you guys, if not he could have kicked out the ass of most of you out of this forum but if he take on such action you all will still term it HATE and TRIBALISM because that's what your heart is filled with. Have a nice day!

The real slay Mama. Slaying with achievements anyhow.

lol

Agents of hate are gonna combine and say shiit about the Golden Lady. Things like;

"I thought she embezzled money"

"She stole our money"

It clearly shows that she is the only reasonable thing that Nigeria can export at the moment aside a failed economy!

If you are good, the whole world is gonna know... unlike some Dundee headed minister that forged her "NYSC certificate"

I will end by saying

"Shoe get size; Okrika get quality"

Adeosun won't know this; after all, she no do NYSC.

If you are wise, visit to see the best investments in Nigeria currently.

#Peace!

Just pray money won't start missing

waiting for my appointment to the board of nairaland�

Ngozi Okonjo Iweala!,

You gotta love this woman, she's phenomenal.

I really dunno why Nigerian's think she's a poor manager when clearly she will school Auntie Kemi and all of Auntie Kemi's teachers/professors combined; and all of the most elite of Auntie Kemi's two generations prior, and 3 generations here after...

It's always been a win win situation for her

Wow...what more can i say?





IGBO AMAKA!!!

No matter how crowded a place is, the hen must lay its eggs.

budusky05:
Just pray money won't start missing

just remember to drink cold water cuz hating leads to hypertension

BMC guys will come up with something soon. The funny thing is as they try very hard to discredit her, the woman keeps getting international validation.

Congrats Ma'am!

God Bless Nigeria

In your face....Buhari!!




Afonjas how market?
Shey this is d same woman Y'all compared with that one that faked her NYSC cert

Congratulations ma on your new appointment, Keep soaring.

The "Igbo Amaka" crew will soon appear.......

Ooooh they are already here.....

But seriously, upon all Buhari Media Centre did to rubbish her reputation, still yet she came out tops. While Buhari is seen as the scourge of the earth abroad.

Can't keep a good woman down, no matter how many likes your disgusting comments against her on Nairaland or facebook generate.....

Afonjas will soon begin to boycott twitter

twitter CEO confirmed it

Nairalanders una no dey sleep

Like, if u feel this is the kind of leader we need in Nigeria.

Rada rada