KCS names Kennedy to its board

Kansas City Southern has elected Janet Kennedy to its board, effective Dec. 1.

Kennedy is vice president of America Regions at Google Cloud. She previously served on KCS' board from May 2017 until she resigned in October 2018 in connection with joining Ernst & Young LLP, which has a policy that prohibits its executives from serving on a public company's board of directors.

"[Kennedy's] leadership and expertise, particularly in the fields of cybersecurity, technology and risk management, are valuable assets to our board and will support the execution of the company’s strategy, including the deployment of our innovation strategy," said KCS Chairman Bob Druten in a press release.

At Google Cloud, Kennedy is responsible for U.S. and Canada subsidiaries. Prior to joining Google in July, she worked at Ernst & Young as partner, Americas Digital Transformation.

Kennedy also served as president of Microsoft Corp.'s subsidiary in Canada from 2013 to 2017. In addition, she has more than 30 years of experience in sales and marketing of business solutions.