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7. Juli 2026

FX de Mallmann, Chairman of Global Investment Banking at Goldman Sachs, on Global M&A Cycles and Family‑Owned Enterprises in the AI Supercycle

Mr. de Mallmann, thank you very much for taking the time to speak with the St. Gallen Business Review. As Chairman of Investment Banking and Chairman of Goldman Sachs EMEA , your remit today centres on the firm’s most senior client relationships, in particular the coverage of significant family-owned enterprises and family offices around the world. How would you describe a typical week in this role, and which themes are currently dominating those conversations? Our clients are at the center of what we do, we’re a client service organization. I spend approximately 75% of my time traveling and visiting clients,
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Mark Branson, President of Bafin, on Financial Stability in Turbulent Times

You took over the Federal Financial Supervisory Authority in Germany (Bafin) in the summer of 2021 with the task of giving it more assertiveness in the wake of the Wirecard scandal, as the then Finance Minister Olaf Scholz put it. If you were to take stock today, just under five years later: how would you most specifically describe the changes at Bafin, and in which areas do you continue to come up against structural limitations?
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Bridging Continents: How Kudah Mushambi Connects African Tech Talent with the DACH Region 

First of all, thank you for taking the time for this interview. To start, you have held various positions in the tech space, including at Google, Microsoft, and several C-suite roles. Why did you decide to leave these positions and start your own company? Why did I leave these companies and start my own business? It just felt right. When I started the company, I had been working in big tech for about 20 years. I founded Adaire around four

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