Google executive joins PepsiCo board of directors

PURCHASE, N.Y. PepsiCo has added a Google executive to its board of directors.

Shona L. Brown, SVP business operations of Google Inc., was elected to the board Friday. She will participate as a member of the board's compensation committee and mominating and corporate governance committee.

The election of Brown to PepsiCo's board brings the total number of independent directors to 11. In addition, the board has two inside directors, Indra Nooyi, the company's chairman and CEO, and Mike White, vice chairman of PepsiCo and CEO of PepsiCo International, for a total of 13 directors.