Smruti Govan
Pronouns: she/her
Legal Director
Human Rights & Sustainable Sourcing,
PepsiCo
As a Legal Director of Human Rights & Sustainable Sourcing at PepsiCo, Smruti manages due diligence across the company's supply chain and drives action against PepsiCo's salient issues. Prior to joining PepsiCo, Smruti worked at PVH, the parent company to Tommy Hilfiger and Calvin Klein, where she oversaw the company's global human rights program with a focus on women's empowerment. She has previously worked for Business for Social Responsibility (BSR), where she helped manage their global digital and financial literacy program for female supply chain workers, and for Bloomberg LP within their environmental, social, and governance (ESG) data team. Smruti has a B.A. from Cornell University in Government and International Relations and a J.D. from Temple University Beasley School of Law.