54 min

Keys to a Successful Career in Finance and Lessons Learned from Global Financial Crises with Pilar Junco Women in Finance

    • Investing

Pilar Junco is a Managing Partner and the Chief Strategy and Client Officer at Altamar, a leading global asset manager based in Europe and the largest one in Spain. Before joining Altamar and relocating to her native Spain in 2019, Pilar spent 13 years with Blackstone in London where most recently she was a Senior Managing Director and Head of the EMEA and APAC Private Wealth Management and Retail business. Earlier in her career Pilar worked at the Financial Times, JP Morgan and the Boston Consulting Group.

In our conversation Pilar shares how being perseverant, hard-working, and proactive opens new learning and advancement opportunities at each step of your career. Pilar shares several valuable insights, including two major lessons learned that are bound to occur in the aftermath of a major crisis affecting the industry.

Pilar Junco is a Managing Partner and the Chief Strategy and Client Officer at Altamar, a leading global asset manager based in Europe and the largest one in Spain. Before joining Altamar and relocating to her native Spain in 2019, Pilar spent 13 years with Blackstone in London where most recently she was a Senior Managing Director and Head of the EMEA and APAC Private Wealth Management and Retail business. Earlier in her career Pilar worked at the Financial Times, JP Morgan and the Boston Consulting Group.

In our conversation Pilar shares how being perseverant, hard-working, and proactive opens new learning and advancement opportunities at each step of your career. Pilar shares several valuable insights, including two major lessons learned that are bound to occur in the aftermath of a major crisis affecting the industry.

54 min