HISTORIC SHUFFLE AT AMAZON

Amazon.com Inc. has named its first Black woman, Alicia Boler Davis, pictured, to the company’s top leadership council. This is the second executive shuffle in the past year that elevated women at Amazon following criticism of its largely white, male upper ranks. Boler Davis, vice-president of global fulfilment, was among the three executives named on Friday to Amazon’s S-team, the group of leaders who set the company’s priorities alongside

CEO Jeff Bezos. Boler Davis, 51, joined Amazon last year. For years, human resources chief Beth Galetti was the only woman on the S-team. Men made up 57 per cent of Amazon’s workforce in 2019, but 73 per cent of managers, according to company data. However, last year Colleen Aubrey, of Amazon’s advertising unit, and Christine Beauchamp, of the company’s fashion business, were added to the top council.