Ms. Gupta has served as Senior Vice President, Strategy Planning and Finance of Starbucks Corporation since June 2025. Previously, she served as Chief Business Development and Strategy Officer of Signet Jewelers Ltd. from September 2023 until June 2025. Prior to that, she served as Chief Revenue Officer of Better Home & Finance Holding Company, a digital-first homeownership company, until September 2023. She also served as Executive Vice President, Chief Growth Officer of Bed Bath & Beyond Inc., a publicly held home products retailer, from October 2021 until January 2023, where she previously served as the Chief Strategy and Transformation Officer starting in October 2020. Bed Bath & Beyond filed a voluntary petition for bankruptcy in April 2023. Prior to Bed Bath & Beyond, she served as the Chief Operating Officer of Jyve Corporation, a talent marketplace and business optimization platform, from November 2018 to October 2020, Senior Vice President, Operational Excellence at Target Corporation, a retail sales company, from 2015 to 2018, and Senior Operating Executive at Hellman & Friedman LLC, a private equity firm, from 2013 to 2015. Prior to that, she was with The Michaels Companies Inc. for five years from 2008 to 2013, serving as Vice President, Process and Profit Improvement. Earlier in her career, she served in multiple strategic roles at Safeway Inc. and HCL Technologies Inc. Ms. Gupta received her Bachelor of Science (Honors) and MBA (Financial Management) from the University of Delhi. Ms. Gupta brings to the Board expertise in strategic transformations and driving operational excellence across multiple industries, including extensive experience in the retail industry.