Susan Street Whaley

Chief Legal Officer and Secretary Procter & Gamble

Last Reviewed: October 3, 2026

Executive Summary

Susan Street Whaley has been Chief Legal Officer and Secretary of Procter & Gamble since 2022. She leads a global legal organization of about 500 people responsible for legal, compliance, government relations, public policy and brand protection, and is a primary resource to the board on governance, securities and process. Whaley joined P&G’s legal department in 1999 after law school in Cincinnati and has worked in commercial, labor and employment, corporate and securities, compliance and employee benefits law. She served as assistant secretary to the board and, from 2016, as general counsel for North America and global practice groups. Outside P&G she is board president of the Pro Bono Partnership of Ohio and board chair of Camp Joy. She has worked at P&G since finishing law school in 1999.

Career Highlights

• Chief Legal Officer and Secretary of P&G since 2022.
• Senior Vice President and General Counsel, North America Practice Groups and Sector Business Units, before that.
• Vice President and General Counsel for North America and global practice groups from 2016.
• Associate General Counsel and Assistant Secretary, Corporate, Securities and Employee Benefits, 2011 to 2016.
• Board president of the Pro Bono Partnership of Ohio.

Professional Journey

Whaley earned a BS in public affairs from Indiana University in 1996 and a JD from the University of Cincinnati College of Law in 1999, and joined P&G in June 1999 as counsel for commercial practices in its health care global business unit, according to the company. She was counsel and then senior counsel for labor and employment from 2002.

From 2005 she worked in corporate and securities law as senior counsel and associate general counsel, and from 2009 led global legal compliance. In 2011 she became associate general counsel and assistant secretary for corporate, securities and employee benefits, adding legal operations in 2014, and served as assistant secretary to the board.

In 2016 she became vice president and general counsel for North America, global go-to-market and global practices, with global business units added in 2018, and then senior vice president and general counsel for North America practice groups and sector business units. In 2022 she was named chief legal officer and secretary, the year the 10-K records her as first elected an officer.

She is board president of the Pro Bono Partnership of Ohio and board chair of Camp Joy, serves on the boards of JDRF Southwest Ohio and the P&G Good Government Fund, and is a trustee of The P&G Fund, according to her company biography. Procter & Gamble, based in Cincinnati, reported net sales of $87.0 billion for the fiscal year ended 30 June 2026, according to its 10-K.

Her biography says the legal organization covers legal, compliance, government relations, public policy and brand protection for all of P&G and its employees globally, and that she is a primary resource to the board on governance, securities and process issues.

Education

University of Cincinnati College of Law

JD

Indiana University

BS, Public affairs