Diane M. Bryant, executive vice president of Intel Corp., has been elected to the United Technologies Corp.’s board of directors, effective Jan. 1.
She joins 14 other board members, 13 of whom are independent.
Bryant, 54, is also general manager of Intel’s data center group, a worldwide organization that develops platforms for the digital services economy and delivers almost half of the corporation’s operating margin. She had previously served as corporate vice president and chief information officer at Intel, responsible for information technology services that enabled growth and efficiency at the company.
In 2016, World Affairs and its Global Philanthropy Forum honored Bryant with its Global Citizen Award, and in 2015 and 2016 she was among Fortune’s 50 Most Powerful Women in Business.
