Kristóf Szalay-Bobrovniczky (born Szalay) is a Hungarian diplomat and politician who was the ambassador of Hungary to the United Kingdom from 2016 to 2022.

He has one younger brother, Vince Szalay-Bobrovniczky, a career diplomat who currently serves in the Prime Minister's Office as Deputy State Secretary and used to be Hungary's ambassador to Finland and Estonia and earlier to Austria.

He worked in the financial sector for six years initially with Deloitte and then with Crédit Lyonnais Bank in Hungary.

(owned by Dutch telco KPN) and Deutsche Telekom's online branch and became managing director of a Nasdaq listed internet service provider.

He became involved with public affairs in 2004 as a publisher and chief editor of a leading Hungarian political weekly magazine.