Cristina García-Peri is Senior Partner, Head of Strategy and Business Development and Member of the Executive Committee at Azora Investment Management, a leading investment manager focused on real assets, with c. €10.5 billion AuM across Europe and USA. She is the Independent Lead Director at Bankinter and Chair of its Audit Committee, and member of the Executive Committee of ULI, Círculo de Empresarios, and the Spanish Corporate Directors Institute, IC-A. 

Prior to Azora, Cristina was Head of Corporate Derivatives for Europe, Middle East and Africa and Head of Capital Markets for Iberia at Merryll Lynch and JP Morgan, in London where she worked for over 15 years. She started her career at McKinsey & Co in Madrid. 

Cristina graduated Summa Cum Laude in Economics from ICADE and holds an MBA from Harvard Business School. Cristina has been married for over 30 years and has 3 children. She is also Black Belt in Karate 3rd Dan.