Bangalore, India - April 29, 2014, Bangalore, India - Infosys, an IT company, announced that Ann Fudge, independent director who is scheduled to complete her term on the Infosys board on June 14, 2014, has conveyed her intention not to seek re-appointment.
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Ms. Fudge was the Chairman and CEO of Young & Rubicam Brands, a global network of pre-eminent companies across the full range of marketing communications. Young & Rubicam Brands companies include Y&R (advertising), Burson-Marsteller (public relations/ public affairs), Wunderman (direct and database marketing), Landor Associates (brand consulting and creative design), Sudler & Hennessey (strategic healthcare communications) and Cohn & Wolfe (public relations) among others.
Prior to Young & Rubicam Brands, Ms. Fudge served as the President, Beverages, Desserts and Post Division - a US$ 5 billion unit of Kraft Foods. She served on Kraft's Management Committee and has managed many businesses including Maxwell House Coffee, Gevalia Kaffe, Kool Aid, Crystal Light, Post cereals, Jell-O desserts and Altoids. Before joining General Foods, she spent nine years at General Mills, where she began as a Marketing Assistant and rose to the level of Marketing Director.
Ms. Fudge serves on the Board of Directors of General Electric, Novartis and Unilever. She is a trustee of Brookings Institution. She also serves on the Boards of the Rockefeller Foundation, the Council on Foreign Relations, and is the Chair of U.S. Program Advisory Panel for the Gates Foundation. She has served as the Vice Chair of Harvard Board of Overseers and on the Board of Catalyst. She has also served on the Board of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, Liz Claiborne, Allied Signal, Honeywell, and Marriott International.
In February 2010, U.S. President Barack Obama appointed Ms. Fudge to serve on the National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform which issued its report, "The Moment of Truth", in December, 2010.
Ms. Fudge has received the Matrix Award for Advertising from New York Women in Communication and was a recipient of the NY Executive Council's Ten Awards for leadership and innovation in business. She was named one of Time Magazine's 'Global Business Influentials'.
Among her other honors are Leadership Awards from the Minneapolis and New York City YWCA, an Alumni Achievement Award from Harvard Business School, a Lifetime Achievement Award from Ebony magazine, and a Legacy Award in Business from Black Enterprise magazine. She has been profiled in Black Enterprise, Business Week and The New York Times, among others and named by Fortune magazine as one of the 50 most powerful women in American business.
Ms. Fudge holds a bachelor's degree from Simmons College and an MBA from Harvard University Graduate School of Business. ■