Kristine Braden is a global banker with 30 years’ experience working in Europe, Asia, the US, and Latin America. She worked for 26 years with Citigroup outside the US in a variety of senior roles, most recently as Europe Head, CEO and Board Member of Citibank Europe Plc in Ireland and CEO and Management Board Member of Citigroup Global Markets Europe in Germany. She currently serves as a Board Director at Vontobel Holdings, an international investment firm with Swiss roots. She is also an Independent Director on the Board of KBC Group NV, a pan-European bank-insurance group headquartered in Belgium.

In this first part of our conversation, we discuss:

1. Kristine's childhood memory of beauty at the peak of California's high Sierras
2. How wanderlust and curiosity for different cultures shaped her vocational path
3. The choice to pursue global banking
4. Navigating major financial crises
5. Finding beauty in a sense of accomplishment within regulatory constraints
6. The sense of craftsmanship in the world of banking
7. The challenges of a cross-border environment

To learn more about Kristine Braden’s work, you can find her at: https://www.vontobel.com/ 

This season of the podcast is sponsored by the John Templeton Foundation.

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