
Krisztina Anspach
ADMIRED LEADERSHIP ASIA
As the leader of Admired Leadership Asia, Krisztina counsels senior leaders across various countries and industries in Asia and globally. She has a strong focus on financial services and more specifically on the alternative asset management industry. She provides coaching for leaders and teams in the areas of building and leading highly effective teams, leadership communication, performance and talent management, and relationship building. She works with many global organizations across various geographies, helping leaders scale their businesses and navigate complexity. Krisztina brings to her clients her extensive experience in developing businesses and leading teams at top-tier investment banks across numerous countries in Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and Asia-Pacific.
For over a decade, she was a Managing Director at BNP Paribas within its Global Markets businesses, where she led teams based in London, Hong Kong, Singapore, South Korea, and Australia. She was in charge of building BNP Paribas’s presence in Asia, Central and Eastern Europe, the Middle East, and Africa. She covered institutional investors and private and retail banks for investment products and solutions. Over the last five years, she has developed Admired Leadership’s presence in Asia.
Throughout her tenure at BNP Paribas, Credit Suisse, and Deutsche Bank, Krisztina has built a strong track record in leading rapidly expanding teams in emerging areas of business in a wide range of geographies. She has recruited and coached multinational talent and driven exceptional performance. Krisztina is also involved in inclusive leadership initiatives across the financial services industry in Hong Kong. She is co-founder of the ACcelerate program, focused on supporting senior female leaders in their journey to the C-suite. Through this program, Krisztina has already supported close to eighty senior female leaders in Hong Kong.
She is a member of the industry group Women Chief Executive Hong Kong and has initiated leadership mentoring programs industry wide. Krisztina was born in Hungary and has lived in the Middle East, France, London, and Hong Kong. She graduated from HEC Paris with a master’s degree in finance and holds a postgraduate degree in Financial Law. She currently resides in Hong Kong.