Speaker Details

Ms Lakshmi Bhatia
Director - Global Partnerships, Social Responsibility, Gap Inc.

Lakshmi Bhatia joined Gap Inc.'s Social Responsibility Department in 1997 when the department was being established. She is currently Gap Inc.'s Director - Global Partnerships, Social Responsibility, heading a Global team based in the Americas, Asia, Europe and Africa. Ms Bhatia and her team are responsible for stakeholder engagement and various collaborative initiatives with industry, governmental and civil society organisations related to supply chain issues.

Prior to joining Gap Inc. Ms Bhatia was working with various non-profit organisations based in India. Formerly, she was responsible for monitoring factory compliance against Gap Inc.'s Code of Vendor Conduct in North India and Nepal. She has had the unique opportunity to observe the development and evolution of Gap Inc.'s Global Compliance programme and its successes and challenges.

Ms Bhatia serves on the Ethical Trading Initiative's Board of Directors and is also on the Executive Committee of the Multi Fibre Arrangement Forum. Both organisations are headquartered in the UK. She graduated in psychology and has a Masters Degree in social work.

 

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