Stage #1 - Forum 2026

Ani Filipova is an international banking executive who spent more than 25 years in global finance — then walked away from one of the most demanding careers in the world to build something entirely her own: a portfolio career. Her last corporate career posting was as Regional COO at Citibank Asia Pacific, across 16 countries, including India and China, where she oversaw a $2 billion business and more than 10,000 people. Under her leadership, the bank won Best Digital Bank every year of her tenure and Best Transaction Bank four times in six years, as awarded by Euromoney. Today, she is the founder of Change is Possible — a platform helping senior professionals turn decades of expertise into portfolio careers on their own terms. She is a career strategist and AI advisor. Her podcast ranks #12 globally for career change, and she has built a LinkedIn community of over 140,000 followers. Her Portfolio Career Accelerator and Change is possible community is preparing a new generation of professionals to navigate the future of work differently. Having visited more than 80 countries and lived in seven, Ani brings a rare combination of institutional credibility, global perspective, and real-world experience of what it actually takes to redesign a career in a world that no longer follows a straight line.