(Reuters) - Walmart Inc said on Friday it had appointed former AT&T Inc Chief Executive Officer Randall Stephenson to its board.
Stephenson's addition, effective March 3, will expand the retailer's board to 12 members.
Stephenson, 60, retired as AT&T's executive chairman in January this year, after a 38-year stint with the company and serving as its CEO.
He has previously served as chairman of the Business Roundtable, a group of CEOs from some of the biggest U.S. companies that Walmart chief Doug McMillon currently leads.
(Reporting by Nivedita Balu in Bengaluru; Editing by Shinjini Ganguli)
Mr. Randall L. Stephenson is an Independent Director at Walmart, Inc. and a Chairman at PGA TOUR, Inc. He is on the Board of Directors at Walmart, Inc. and The Business Roundtable. Mr. Stephenson was previously employed as an Independent Director by The Boeing Co., a Director & Campaign Chairman by United Way of Metropolitan Dallas, Inc., an Independent Director by Emerson Electric Co., a Chief Executive Officer by SBC Communications, Inc., an Executive Chairman by AT&T, Inc., a Chief Operating Officer by Southwestern Bell Telephone Co., a Finance Director by AT&T International, Inc., and a Chairman & President by Boy Scouts of America. He also served on the board at Cingular Wireless LLC. He received his undergraduate degree from the University of Central Oklahoma and a graduate degree from the University of Oklahoma.
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