• Diginex appointed Archana Kotecha as Chief Impact Officer following its acquisition of The Remedy Project in January 2026.
• The human rights and supply chain due diligence market is valued at $3.8 billion in 2025 and is projected to reach $9.6 billion by 2034.
• The appointment comes as companies face tighter regulation, investor scrutiny, and rising pressure to prove responsible sourcing across global supply chains.

Diginex is sharpening its position in the fast-growing human rights and supply chain compliance market with the appointment of Archana Kotecha as Chief Impact Officer.

The move follows Diginex’s January 2026 acquisition of The Remedy Project, founded by Kotecha, and forms part of the company’s broader push to deepen its ESG, sustainability, and compliance offering for institutional and corporate clients.

Her appointment gives Diginex a senior leader with nearly two decades of experience across forced labor, grievance systems, remediation, investigations, worker engagement, and supply chain due diligence. It also places human rights compliance closer to the company’s commercial strategy.

That timing matters. Global companies are under rising pressure to identify, manage, and report human rights risks across their supplier networks. Regulation is tightening in key markets, while investors are asking harder questions about sourcing, labor standards, and operational exposure.

The market for human rights and supply chain due diligence is valued at $3.8 billion in 2025, according to Dataintelo. It is expected to reach $9.6 billion by 2034.

From Advisory Expertise to Scalable Systems

Kotecha will lead the integration of Diginex’s advisory expertise across its supply chain and compliance solutions. Her role is focused on turning sustainability, due diligence, and compliance capabilities into integrated client solutions that deliver measurable outcomes.

For companies, the challenge is no longer limited to policy statements or supplier codes of conduct. Boards and executive teams now need systems that can detect risk, respond to worker concerns, support remediation, and withstand scrutiny from regulators and investors.

Kotecha brings a legal and operational background to that task. She is a UK-qualified barrister, CEDR-accredited mediator, and recognized human rights practitioner. Her client base has included multinational corporations, institutional investors, governments, UN agencies, and industry coalitions across Asia and other global markets.

Her work has focused on practical systems. These include grievance mechanisms, investigations, remediation processes, worker engagement models, and governance frameworks that can operate across complex supply chains.

Regulatory Pressure Raises the Stakes

The appointment also reflects the broader shift in ESG compliance. Human rights due diligence is becoming a core governance issue, particularly for companies exposed to global sourcing, forced labor risk, and cross-border reporting requirements.

Kotecha has worked closely with governments, industry initiatives, and international institutions on these issues. She serves as a member of the European Commission’s Informal Expert Group on Forced Labor. She is also a Steering Committee member of the Responsible Labor Initiative under the Responsible Business Alliance and an Alternative Legal Expert to the UN Intergovernmental Working Group on Business and Human Rights.

Her work has received international recognition. In 2017, she was named among the Financial Times’ Top Ten Innovative Lawyers in Asia Pacific.

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“Archana’s appointment as Chief Impact Officer further strengthens Diginex’s ability to support clients as they navigate an increasingly complex sustainability and regulatory landscape,” said Lubomila Jordanova, CEO of Diginex. “Her deep expertise in human rights, and supply chain due diligence is directly aligned with our ambition to expand Diginex’s global impact and compliance capabilities. Under her leadership, we are better positioned to ensure client engagements translate into decisions, action and measurable outcomes”

What Executives and Investors Should Watch

For C-suite leaders, the appointment points to a broader market reality. Human rights due diligence is moving from reputational risk management into enterprise compliance, procurement strategy, and investor-facing governance.

Companies need credible systems that connect supplier data, frontline worker insight, remediation, and regulatory reporting. Investors, meanwhile, are watching whether companies can prove that their ESG commitments translate into operational controls.

“I am pleased to take on the role of Chief Impact Officer at Diginex to strengthen the Company’s positioning as an end-to-end, outcome driven platform,” said Archana Kotecha, Chief Impact Officer of Diginex. “Effective due diligence depends on practical systems, frontline insight and the ability to translate evolving regulatory expectations into meaningful day-to-day operations. I look forward to partnering with clients to build credible and scalable approaches that strengthen worker protections while addressing commercial, regulatory and operational realities.”

For Diginex, the appointment is both a leadership move and a market bet. As human rights regulation expands, demand is growing for tools and advisory models that can move beyond disclosure. The companies that can combine compliance, worker protection, and commercial execution will be better positioned as responsible sourcing becomes a global business requirement.