Kris Safarova

Kris Safarova is a partner at Firmsconsulting.com and a host of Fridays with Firmsconsulting.

Kris holds the unique distinction of being hired as a business analyst at a major international consulting firm, at age 26, despite not possessing a university degree. She was thereafter promoted twice within 17 months of joining the firm. She led strategy studies in Europe and Africa where she presented to CEOs, boards and billionaires.

After consulting Kris completed a BComm from the University of South Africa, cum laude, and a Richard Ivey MBA, with Distinction, where she was editor of the Public Sector Review. Kris thereafter became a banker at a big 3 Canadian bank where she was promoted within 6 months of being hired and eventually left as a Director in corporate finance.

Kris served as a master classical concert pianist and an official music ambassador of the Russian Federation, and holds a diploma in classical piano from DG Shatalov State Musical College.