Aisha Aswani

Aisha Aswani

The Co-op

Senior Human Rights & Ethical Trade Manager

Part of the Board

Aisha is responsible for defining the strategic direction and leading the Food Human RIghts programme at the Co-op covering 2500 supplier sites in 70 countries. She has over 20 years of experience working on responsible sourcing issues in both food and non-food supply chains. Prior to joining the Co-op in 2007, she worked at John Lewis and Safeway as Responsible Sourcing Manager and spent over a year working with homeware and garment suppliers in India on improving working conditions. Aisha is a Board Director of the Food Network of Ethical Trade (FNET) and chair of the Governance & Nominations Committee. She has also served as a Board Director of Sedex for 6 years where she has held the positions of Chair Nominations Committee and Deputy Chair of the Sedex Stakeholder Forum. Aisha has played an active role in supporting the creation of Sedex, Stronger Together, FNET and collaborative ethical trade supplier forums in key sourcing countries. With her experience of working for retailers, brands, suppliers and non-governmental organisations in a range of different sectors, she is well placed to understand a wide range of perspectives and uses this knowledge to find pragmatic and sustainable solutions to issues