Session Title:

Geopolitical Risk and Your Supply Chain Vendor Ecosystem
Description

Companies have been responding to the heightened uncertainty over supply chain and vendor management during the last three years.  Geopolitics has taken center stage in shifting the risk view because of new disruptions to business models.  The session would be walking through changes to ongoing issues with vendor risks that are important to finance leaders.  The session will evolve your understanding of growth, cost containment, and reputation with geopolitical risk.

 The presentation will cover:

 •      Geopolitics and Your Organization's Supply Chain Vendor Ecosystem

•       2025 Top Geopolitical Risk Themes for the Supply Chain Vendor Ecosystem

•       Geopolitical Risk Coverage and Assessment

•       The Geopolitical Risk Story

o   Executives

o   Board of Directors

The presentation will be 45 minutes. The remainder of the session would be an open discussion for participants to share their questions to obtain insights they can take back to their organizations.

Speaker Bio

Valerie is a Risk Executive with expertise across Incident Response, Fraud Investigations, Compliance, Governance, Third Party Assurance, Information Security Awareness, and Geopolitics. She has been recognized by LinkedIn as a Top Voice and influencer.

She has created and led risk management for $2B and $5B revenue business units at Aon. Valerie was the Chief Audit Executive at Household Finance.  As a Director at PwC LLP, was responsible for business development and service delivery for internal audit co-sourcing, risk and compliance, SOX 404, and market assessment for new products.  At GE Capital’s Auto Financing Business, Valerie started an Internal Audit Function.

She works with start-up/incubator companies at the University of Chicago’s Polsky Center.  She mentors entrepreneurs at Chicago Innovation. Valerie holds the following professional designations CPA, CIA (Certified Internal Auditor), CTA (Certified Trust Auditor), and a GE Six Sigma Greenbelt.