Chris Leahy

Executive Director at Barbican Advisory

Speaker

Chris has worked in international risk advisory and investigations for more than 20 years and co-founded Blackpeak with Barbican Executive Chairman, Jack Clode in 2011. Prior to that Chris worked alongside Jack at Kroll in Hong Kong and Singapore.

Before working in risk advisory, Chris was a journalist, holding positions as Asian Editor for Euromoney and a contributing editor for Asiamoney. He began his career as a stockbroker, and later an investment banker, working in the UK and Asia with leading financial institutions such as Warburg, BNP Paribas Peregrine and Crosby.

Chris has been a member of the Secretariat for the Asian Corporate Governance Association since 2003. ACGA is an independent NGO that promotes effective corporate governance practices throughout Asia. ACGA’s investor members manage assets of more than US$40 trillion globally.

Chris has lived in Asia, principally in Hong Kong and Singapore, for the past 30 years. He was appointed Executive Director of Barbican in May 2025.