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Ezio Lattanzio: Building Public-Sector Transformation With Discipline, Independence, and Purpose
In a consulting world often driven by scale, speed, and fashionable narratives, Ezio Lattanzio has built a different kind of leadership model. As Founder of Lattanzio Group, he has shaped a firm defined by strategic independence, cultural coherence, and a
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Lattanzio Group: Reimagining Public-Sector Consulting for an Era of Transformation
Public-sector consulting is often misunderstood as a world of bureaucracy, compliance, and procedural rigidity. Lattanzio Group has built a different model — one rooted in public value, organisational transformation, and an integrated KIBS approach designed to deliver impact across the
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The Perfect Storm in Energy Infrastructure: High-Density Hydro, Cost Deflation, and Geopolitical Security
The hypothesis is clear. The energy transition has moved from a climate-led investment cycle to a security-led industrial buildout, and the binding constraint is no longer generation cost alone. As grids strain under intermittent supply and geopolitics reprices fuel risk,
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Ten Recent Technology Advances That Asset Allocators Should Have on the Radar
A CFI.co briefing on the engineering breakthroughs, grid innovations and early deployments that are compressing cost curves and reshaping the risk–return map for energy and infrastructure investors. For much of the past decade, the energy transition debate was framed as
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The Middle Power Dilemma: The UK and the Sovereignty Paradox in a Tri-Polar World
The hypothesis is simple. In a trade system increasingly shaped by the United States, China and the European Union, a country with roughly 2.1 percent of global GDP cannot rely on symbolism to secure leverage. In 2026, the UK is
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The Dissonance of Davos 2026: Capital Allocation in an Age of Fragmentation and the AI–Energy Nexus
The World Economic Forum’s 56th Annual Meeting opened beneath the banner of “A Spirit of Dialogue”. What emerged in Davos-Klosters was something sharper: a widening gap between political theatre and boardroom reality. While populist rhetoric attacked the language of climate
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Heat Pumps That Pay: How Industrial Process Heat Is Becoming a Cost-Saving Asset
Table of contents Why industrial heat is now a balance-sheet issue 1) The commercial frontier: process heat up to ~200°C Why 200°C is financially meaningful A CFO-style payback lens (illustrative) 2) The breakthrough beyond 200°C: sound-driven thermoacoustic heat pumps Why
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Earth Active Under Neil Jeffery: De-Risking Capital in Complex Markets
Earth Active operates at the intersection of environment, climate, governance and social performance, helping lenders, investors and developers deploy capital effectively in complex and high-risk markets. Under Chief Executive Officer Neil Jeffery, the firm has evolved from a specialist advisory
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Rolex vs Watch Flippers: How Certified Pre-Owned Became a Weapon of Pricing Power
Rolex has finally confronted the watch flipper economy — not by flooding the market or cutting prices, but by tightening control over trust in a resale ecosystem awash with counterfeits and speculation. The brand’s Certified Pre-Owned programme has become less
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The Silent Giants: The Critical Role of MSMEs in the Global Future
Micro, Small, and Medium-Sized Enterprises (MSMEs) are more than just business units operating in the shadow of large corporations—they are the beating heart of national economies. In every region of the world, from dense cities to remote rural communities, MSMEs
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