ANNA HAKOBYAN

Global Supplier Diversity, Sustainability & Government Compliance Lead @ AstraZeneca

Anna Hakobyan is a distinguished professional in the realm of Supplier Diversity, Sustainability and Government Contracting.

With a career spanning over two decades, half of which has been with AstraZeneca, Anna has built and leads AstraZeneca’s award-winning Supplier Diversity Program and its global expansion to 22 countries by the end of 2024. Her approach integrates supplier diversity into the company’s end to end processes and systems, enhancing efficiency and effectiveness and influencing through collaboration.

Anna has also been instrumental in building the Positive Sourcing Program for AstraZeneca embedding Sustainability across the Global Procurement end to end processes.

Through Anna’s leadership, AstraZeneca has received multiple external awards and has been recognized by industry partners, as well as diverse supplier communities for its exceptional contribution to Sustainability and Diversity, Equity and Inclusion. Anna currently serves as the President of the Board of Directors for Diversity Alliance for Science (DA4S).

Anna is an accomplished professional with 25 years of domestic and international leading experience in Procurement & Contracting, Program Management, Compliance, Sustainability & Supplier Diversity, having held various roles across Human Rights, Hospitality, IT, and Pharmaceutical/Biotechnology fields.