Supply chain operations
10 supplier risk management experts
These ten professionals have led supplier and third-party risk management work inside their companies, with titles such as director of supplier risk management and head of supplier risk. A reader can learn how companies assess and monitor suppliers, set risk policies and respond when a supplier runs into trouble.
Professionals to explore
01—10Andrew Tasselmyer
LinkedInExperience: Director, Enterprise Procurement Supply Risk Management · Comcast
Director, Enterprise Procurement Supply Risk Management at Comcast since 2025, where his profile says he leads enterprise-wide identification and assessment of geopolitical, economic, environmental and macro-level risks affecting Comcast's global supply chain and partners with procurement category leaders. He was Sr. Manager, Research, Analytics, and Strategy for Risk Management at Comcast (2022–2025) and Global Procurement Risk Management Leader at DuPont (2021–2022).
Beata Wandachowicz-Krason
LinkedInExperience: Director Supplier Risk Management · Philips
Director Supplier Risk Management at Philips (2018–2021), after Supplier Risk & Supplier Financing Manager at Philips (2016–2018); she was also Procurement Lead EMEA Markets at Philips (2021–2022). Since 2022 she has been Director Third Party Risk, Compliance & ESG at Organon, which her profile describes as a company that puts women's health at the center.
Devis Skenderi
LinkedInExperience: Director - Head of Supplier Risk Management - North America · Stellantis
Director - Head of Supplier Risk Management - North America at Stellantis since 2024. He was Director - Head of Chassis Thermal and Adaptation Purchasing - North America at Stellantis (2021–2023) and, at FCA Fiat Chrysler Automobiles, Sr.Manager - Head of Global Powertrain and Electrification Cost Engineering (2018–2020) and Global Lead - Automatic and Hybrid Transmissions Purchasing (2015–2018).
Friederike Schön
LinkedInExperience: Global Head of Supplier Risk and Sustainability Management · Volkswagen Group
Global Head of Supplier Risk and Sustainability Management at Volkswagen Group since 2023. Her earlier Volkswagen Group roles include Reaktives Risikomanagement (reactive risk management, 2010–2013) and Präventives Risikomanagement (preventive risk management, 2008–2009), and she was Mitglied im Aufsichtsrat (supervisory board member) at MAN Truck & Bus Deutschland GmbH from 2021 to 2023.
Ian Russell
LinkedInExperience: Director Supplier Risk Management · Cummins Inc.
Director Supplier Risk Management at Cummins Inc. (2014–2023), and Global Supply Chain Risk Manager at Cummins since 2011, a role listed as current; he was also Director Global Deployment at Cummins (2011–2014). His profile describes experience in global supply chain risk management and says he regularly speaks at conferences on supply chain risk.
Kate Furlet
LinkedInExperience: VP, Supplier Management Leader · Synchrony
VP, Supplier Management Leader at Synchrony since 2025; her profile says she is responsible for leading the supplier management program, including oversight of assessment, management and monitoring. At Discover she was Sr. Director, Third Party Risk Management (2020–2025) and Director, Third Party Risk Management (2020–2024).
Megan Sewell
LinkedInExperience: Associate Vice President · Merck
Associate Vice President at Merck since 2024; her profile headline gives the role as Associate Vice President, Supplier Risk Management, and says she leads Merck's supplier risk management program, including enterprise-wide third party due diligence and the global risk operations and risk governance teams. She was Executive Director, Supplier Management (2019–2024) and Director, Supplier Development & Performance Management (2009–2019) at Merck.
Priscilla Burke
LinkedInExperience: Director, Supplier Risk & Compliance · Stanley Black & Decker, Inc.
Director, Supplier Risk & Compliance at Stanley Black & Decker, Inc. since 2025, after serving as Senior Supplier Risk Manager Head of Supplier Risk Management there (2020–2024). Her profile says she leads a global team of 8 growing the supplier risk management program by creating policies, developing formal playbooks for mitigating risks and rolling out standardized processes starting from new supplier onboarding.
Stephan Becker
LinkedInExperience: Head of Global E2E Supply Chain Risk Management · ZF Group
Head of Global E2E Supply Chain Risk Management at ZF Group since 2025, after serving as Senior Manager Corporate Materials Management Supplier Risk Management & SDE EMEA at ZF Group (2022–2024). His profile describes work ranging from navigating supplier insolvencies to integrating predictive risk data into material management processes.
Wendy White
LinkedInExperience: Group Director, Supplier Risk & Relationship Management and Sustainability · Air Liquide
Group Director, Supplier Risk & Relationship Management and Sustainability at Air Liquide since 2025; her profile says she is responsible for the global transformation, strategic oversight, implementation and continuous improvement of supplier risk and relationship management (SR2M). She was Sr. Director, Procurement Strategic Initiatives & Transformation at Air Liquide from 2021 to 2025.
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Match the person's setting to yours, since supplier risk in a manufacturing supply chain centers on continuity of parts and materials, while third-party risk in financial services leans more on due diligence and regulatory oversight. Check whether the relevant role is current before asking about today's tools, data sources or regulations.
Questions to take into the conversation
- 01How did you decide which suppliers to monitor most closely, and what signals triggered a deeper review?
- 02What did your supplier risk playbook look like when a key supplier showed financial distress or a disruption hit a region?
- 03How did you work with category managers and business owners so risk findings actually changed sourcing decisions?
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