Stefano Achermann, born in 1969, graduated in Business Administration from La Sapienza in Rome. An entrepreneur in spirit, Stefano launched E*Finance Consulting in the 90s before joining McKinsey & Co. In 2005 he joined the Capitalia banking group, where he was appointed as Head of IT and Chairman of the Capitalia Informatica Board. In 2008 he founded Be Consulting as part of the Be Group. He is currently the CEO and one of the main shareholders of the Group. During his mandate, Be has grown to over 1000 employees with revenues in excess of 100 million. The Group has consolidated his presence in Italy and started operations in UK, Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Poland, Ukraine and Romania to provide innovative services and solutions to the leading European financial institutions. He currently lives in Rome with his wife Barbara and four children.