Disclaimer: This interview was conducted on 11 December 2025. Mr. Lusardi, thank you very much for taking the time to speak with us today. To begin, we would like to ask you to briefly outline the key stages of your career that have shaped you most and to describe the responsibilities that come with your current role as Managing Partner Switzerland at Bain & Company. I started my career in Italy at a smaller consulting firm quite a few years ago. Although it was a 30-40-person business, we worked with both very small and very large clients. That experience shaped