In her 16 year tenure at Freddie Mac, Tatyana Krol has been a trusted adviser and manager, innovating and driving change through strategy, technology and as a skilled people leader. Together with senior leadership and her team, she has set the gold standard for collaboration across all functions of single-family acquisitions and with colleagues in single-family portfolio and servicing, staying focused on Freddie Mac’s goals and mission.

As Senior Director and Chief of Staff to the Head of Single-Family Acquisitions, Krol drives business strategy and pivotal initiatives every day. She oversees day-to-day division operations, advances division priorities, and helps meet business goals. Since she took the role as chief of staff to the SVP in September, Krol has added valuable synergy to a relatively new leadership team in single-family, helping to form the connective tissue across the team to create meaningful, strategic changes. She excels at directing resources, energy and human intelligence into priority projects. Her efforts to connect the dots ensure that single-family acquisitions are not just successful but more impactful and more cohesive, allowing Freddie Mac to make a difference for more potential homeowners. 

Krol is a result-oriented change agent, experienced in transformation through analytics and business intelligence. She is passionate about setting an analytics vision and strategy, working with stakeholders to identify problems and leading teams to execute on solutions to complex problems that support the achievement of strategic and financial goals. Krol is an engaging leader, who builds loyal, high-performing, agile teams that deliver results wherever she goes. Leading by example and empowering those around her, Tatyana believes that all members of a team are decision-makers, whether they are micro or macro decisions. She sees innovation as something that can be done at any level, having an impact on not just the product or project, but the team, division and ultimately, the customers.

What is one thing you would tell a younger version of yourself?

There’s not a single right path to any one destination. When you are young and graduating college or starting your career, you often are told that there’s a right way and wrong way to approach your future. I wish I could go back and tell myself that there isn’t one perfect path, even if you have mapped out your ideal destination. The journey itself is the perfect destination.

Name:

Tatyana Krol

Age:

40

Title:

Senior Director, Chief of Staff to Head of Single-Family Acquisitions

Company Name:

Freddie Mac