Edena has more than 25 years of legal, public affairs, social and environmental sustainability experience across the globe, spanning different industries. Most recently the Global Vice President for Supply Chain Sustainability at Mattel Inc., she has also had varied leadership positions at Group RCI, American Standard, Iomega and Ingram Micro, all US Listed corporations, after she began her career as a corporate lawyer at Singapore’s largest law firm of Allen & Gledhill.
During her 11 years at Mattel Inc., she led global teams in implementing strategies across the corporation in sustainability, social compliance and audit, health and safety, public affairs and legal matters. Her programs resulted in a significant reduction in workplace injuries and critical issues at factories worldwide, improvements in practices related to combatting modern slavery, and the adoption of environmentally sustainable approaches across its operations, products and packaging.
Edena is based in Hong Kong.
Memberships:
- ICTI Ethical Toy Program (IETP), Current Chair (IETP is the ethical supply chain program for the global toy and entertainment industry. The Program brings manufacturers, brands, retailers and civil society partners together to monitor, manage and fix social sustainability issues predominantly in the toy industry supply chain and to support the well-being of factory workers.)
- Habitat for Humanity Hong Kong, Board Risk Committee member