Pyxus International, Inc. announced Fernanda Goncalves as its new Senior Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer. Fernanda joins Pyxus with more than 20 years of global human resources and business experience, most recently serving as global HR head at Red Hat, an IBM subsidiary headquartered in Raleigh, North Carolina. She has also held positions with multinational companies including BASF, Hamburg Süd and Ernst & Young.

Fernanda has a Master of Business Administration from Duke University in Durham, North Carolina, a master's degree in supply chain management from Universidade Mackenzie in Sao Paulo, Brazil, and a bachelor's degree in business management from the University of Salvador in Salvador, Brazil. In addition to her professional experience, Fernanda serves as a board member of the National Hispanic Corporate Council, working to promote diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) strategies, talent acquisition goals, and employer branding and talent strategies.