SAN FRANCISCO & LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug 11, 2026--
Worldly, the leading sustainability and supply chain intelligence platform for the consumer goods industry, today announced the appointment of Léyoh Goodall as Senior Vice President of Growth. Goodall will lead the alignment of Worldly's commercial and customer teams around a single outcome: helping businesses manage supply chain risk with verified data, at a moment when tariff pressure, tightening regulation, and multi-tier complexity are testing every sourcing decision.
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"Businesses want to know what's actually happening at every tier of their supply chain year-round, and they want that knowledge to drive strategic business and impact decisions they can stand behind. What drew me to Worldly is that it serves both sides of that relationship." — Léyoh Goodall.
The appointment reflects where Worldly is headed. Businesses globally are asking for data-driven supply chain risk management, not estimates or averages. That requires multi-tier visibility, site-level data, and risk management built on verified information, with continuous improvement built in year-over-year instead of treated as a one-off exercise. Goodall will ensure customers get consistent, coordinated support from Worldly as they move from initial visibility into deeper risk management across their supply chains.
"Our customers are navigating one of the hardest operating environments the consumer goods industry has seen, and they need a partner that helps them act on real data, not guesswork," said Adele Stafford, Chief Revenue Officer at Worldly. "Léyoh has spent her career on both sides of that work, helping brands set the standard and helping suppliers respond with credible, verified data. She knows what it takes to make the relationships work for everyone across the supply chain, and that's exactly the experience I want shaping how we serve customers."
Fifteen years on both sides of the accountability model
Goodall joins Worldly with more than 15 years of experience building commercial functions across sustainability, ESG, and supply chain data. At Social Value Portal, she built the company's commercial function, bringing new solutions to major public and private sector buyers and their supply chains. At UL EHS Sustainability (cr360), she led Account Management for a portfolio of FTSE 100 and Fortune 500 accounts, including luxury brands and retailers. She began her career at Bureau Veritas in responsible sourcing, running supplier verification and compliance programs for Disney, Walmart, and major UK retailers, the deep-tier visibility work Worldly customers now need at scale.
"Businesses want to know what's actually happening at every tier of their supply chain year-round, and they want that knowledge to drive strategic business and impact decisions they can stand behind," said Goodall. "What drew me to Worldly is that it serves both sides of that relationship. Brands get verified data they can act on, and suppliers get a system that recognizes their work rather than burying them in duplicate requests. My job is to make sure every team at Worldly is organized around delivering that experience."
Aligning teams around fast, data-driven decisions
In her role, Goodall will focus on team alignment and operational optimization so customers can make fast, data-driven decisions. The goal is an experience that works for brands and their supply chains in a balanced way: collaborative, mutually beneficial, and focused. As customers expand from initial visibility into site-level risk management and continuous improvement, Goodall's teams will ensure that support stays consistent and coordinated at every stage.
Goodall's appointment follows a year of momentum for Worldly, including welcoming 58 new brands in the past year, Bendi and GoBlu acquisitions, and industry recognition including inclusion in the 2026 Gartner® Market Guide for Sustainable Procurement Applications.¹
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About Worldly
Worldly is the leading supply chain intelligence platform for compliance, risk, and sustainability in the consumer goods industry. The company empowers brands, retailers, and manufacturers to turn verified primary data into insight and action across complex global supply chains.
Trusted by a network of more than 45,000 factories across 97 countries and the brands and retailers they supply, spanning apparel, footwear, home furnishings, and sporting goods, Worldly provides visibility into environmental and social performance, including carbon, water, chemicals, and labor, at the product, facility, and value-chain levels.
Built on industry-recognized standards, including the Higg Index, available through Worldly, the platform translates raw data into actionable intelligence that helps organizations reduce risk, meet evolving regulatory requirements, and drive measurable progress over time.
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"Businesses want to know what's actually happening at every tier of their supply chain year-round, and they want that knowledge to drive strategic business and impact decisions they can stand behind. What drew me to Worldly is that it serves both sides of that relationship." — Léyoh Goodall.
President Donald Trump secretly flew out of last month's NATO summit in Ankara, Turkey, on an alternate military aircraft while the White House made it appear that the Republican president was flying on Air Force One, according to a report published by The Washington Post on Monday.
The Post said the operation was prompted by an Iranian assassination threat against Trump. The ruse was carried out as journalists and some White House staff members were led to believe they were on the same plane as the president as he began his journey back to Washington from the annual gathering of NATO country leaders.
The Post cited material reviewed by the newspaper, a U.S. official familiar with the operation and another person with knowledge of the president’s travel. The Associated Press has not independently confirmed the report.
Trump had flown to the summit in a new Qatari-gifted and retrofitted red, white and navy blue jet. But ahead of departing Turkey, he said he would fly partway home on an older-model baby blue Air Force One plane instead.
The president at the time said the new luxury jet was being flown out ahead of his departure from Ankara to give some U.S. troops based in eastern England a chance to check out the new Air Force One.
In Ankara, Trump boarded the old Air Force One jumbo jet in view of television cameras ahead of the plane flying to Royal Air Force Mildenhall in the United Kingdom.
However, according to the Post report, after boarding the legacy Air Force One jet, he was secretly shuttled minutes later to a smaller plane — an Air Force C-32A — via an airport catering truck typically used to load meals and other supplies. Trump flew to Mildenhall on that smaller jet.
The White House did not respond directly to questions about the Post report of the secret operation to whisk Trump out of the country on a third aircraft, or the reported elaborate ruse to make it appear he was on the baby blue Air Force One jet flying to Mildenhall.
“As the President has said recently, there are many enemies of America who have their sights on him, and we use every tool at our disposal to address those threats,” White House communications director Steven Cheung said in a statement.
The U.S. Secret Service declined to comment. The Air Force, which maintains the fleet of executive travel aircraft, referred questions to the White House.
While Trump was in Turkey, the U.S. military conducted a series of large strikes in Iran in retaliation for its attacks on merchant shipping in the region.
The New York Times and CBS News reported last month that intelligence officials had raised concerns about a potential attack on the president or his jet, triggering additional precautions and the decision not to use the newly inaugurated aircraft gifted to Trump by Qatar for the first leg of Trump’s trip home from Ankara.
The swap had spurred questions about the security of the Qatar-provided aircraft, and Trump said last month after the trip that it would undergo additional upgrades.
Cheung on Monday maintained that the new, Qatari-gifted plane was “a state-of-the-art aircraft that has been fitted with high-level security protocols that ensure the safety of the President and his staff.”
The new Post report on clandestinely putting Trump on a third aircraft and quietly whisking him out of the country adds a fresh layer to just how seriously concerned U.S. security officials were about the threat against Trump during the ongoing war with Iran.
Paul Eckloff, a former special agent with the Secret Service, said such an unusual move could either reflect actionable intelligence or an abundance of caution given volatility in the region with the wars in Iran and Ukraine.
“I would not say unprecedented, but it is an unusual occurrence,” Eckloff told The Associated Press.
The Post reported that to exit that plane without being seen by those uninvolved in the operation, Trump and several aides stepped aboard an airport catering truck, which was elevated planeside using hydraulics and positioned at a door on the opposite side of Air Force One’s entrance.
The small group of reporters who thought they were traveling with Trump were advised to lower their window shades ahead of takeoff.
After arriving at Mildenhall, news photographers captured images of Trump getting off the presidential plane — suggesting he reboarded Air Force One out of sight of the pack of journalists who thought they were traveling with him.
Democratic Sen. Richard Blumenthal called for a congressional investigation.
“It is unprecedented and it is surreal,” he said Monday on CNN, calling the incident “downright scary.”
After the brief visit to the base at Mildenhall, Trump boarded the new Air Force One aircraft to fly the rest of the way to Washington.
During a gaggle with reporters aboard the aircraft, Trump was asked directly if there was any credible threats on Air Force One by Iran.
“Well, I have a threat all the time. I’m number one on their list before you,” Trump said. He added to the traveling reporters, “But if I go, you go.”
AP writers Josh Boak, Aamer Madhani and Konstantin Toropin contributed reporting.
A catering truck is parked at Air Force One on the tarmac as the motorcade carrying U.S. President Donald Trump arrives on the tarmac to depart following the NATO summit at Ankara International Airport in Ankara, Turkey, Wednesday, July 8, 2026. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
President Donald Trump talks to service members as he switches planes at U.S. Air Force Base, RAF Mildenhall in Suffolk Eastern England, on his way back to Washington from the NATO summit in Ankara, Turkey, Wednesday, July 8, 2026. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
Catering trucks are parked at Air Force One on the tarmac as the motorcade carrying U.S. President Donald Trump arrives on the tarmac to depart following the NATO summit at Ankara International Airport in Ankara, Turkey, Wednesday, July 8, 2026. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
FILE - A catering truck is parked at Air Force One on the tarmac as the motorcade carrying U.S. President Donald Trump arrives to depart following the NATO summit at Ankara International Airport in Ankara, Turkey, Wednesday, July 8, 2026. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
Catering trucks are parked at Air Force One on the tarmac as the motorcade carrying U.S. President Donald Trump arrives on the tarmac to depart following the NATO summit at Ankara International Airport in Ankara, Turkey, Wednesday, July 8, 2026. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
As Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth watches at left, President Donald Trump gestures as he switches planes at U.S. Air Force Base, RAF Mildenhall in Suffolk Eastern England, on his way back to Washington from the NATO summit in Ankara, Turkey, Wednesday, July 8, 2026. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
