Anne McGowan
Head of Supplier Management, Lloyds Banking Group
Anne McGowan is Head of Supplier Management at Lloyds Banking Group, leading governance, risk and performance across more than 330 of the Group’s most critical technology suppliers. She has led a significant transformation of Supplier Management to strengthen resilience in the face of growing third‑party dependency, geopolitical risk, supplier financial instability and climate considerations.
Previously, Anne led LBG’s central Assurance Team, shaping the assurance framework for critical suppliers across the Group.
Anne has extensive senior‑level experience in Third Party Risk Management across financial services and is passionate about building resilient, value‑driven supplier ecosystems.
SUPPLY CHAIN COMPLEXITY AND DEPENDENCY: FROM LINEAR VENDORS TO INTERCONNECTED ECOSYSTEMS – PANEL DISCUSSION
Understanding how interconnected supply chains, shared infrastructure, and market concentration are creating systemic risk beyond individual vendors
- Analysing how failures cascade across interconnected supply chains, critical services, and shared infrastructure, creating systemic disruption beyond individual vendors
- Applying cross-industry lessons (financial services, tech, manufacturing) to anticipate complex supplier and infrastructure risk scenarios
- Assessing systemic concentration risk arising from reliance on dominant platforms, utilities, and outsourced service providers
- Mapping interdependencies across suppliers, sectors, and geographies to identify hidden vulnerabilities and single points of failure
- Moving from siloed vendor assessments to integrated, ecosystem-wide risk visibility and governance
SUPPLY CHAIN COMPLEXITY AND DEPENDENCY – PANEL DISCUSSION
Systemic risk in interconnected ecosystems
- Recognising how failures cascade across supply chains
- Applying cross-industry lessons to anticipate complex supplier and infrastructure risks
- Assessing systemic risks created by shared infrastructure
- Evaluating interdependencies between suppliers and sectors to uncover hidden vulnerabilities