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      Francesco Cigala

      Partner,

      Kuala Lumpur

      Co-head of our Southeast Asia Performance Improvement practice

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      Experiencia

      • Energy & Natural Resources
      • Oil & Gas
      • Capital Projects Acceleration
      • Go-to-Market Strategy
      • Performance Improvement
      • Supply Chain

      Francesco Cigala leads Bain's Performance Improvement practice in Southeast Asia and is an expert in the firm's Supply Chain Management, Energy & Natural Resources and Oil & Gas practices.

      Francesco has more than 15 years of management consulting experience across a range of industries, including oil and gas, chemicals, automotive, consumer goods, manufacturing, airlines and private equity. He holds deep expertise in large-scale merger integrations, transformations, organizational restructuring, complexity management, capability building, manufacturing optimization, supply chain management and strategy.

      Francesco has served leading companies in Asia, Europe and North America. He has also been a guest lecturer on Value Creation and Corporate Restructuring for the INSEAD MBA course in Singapore, as well as a keynote speaker on M&A strategies at the CEO & CIO Summit.

      He holds an MBA from INSEAD and a Master of Science in industrial engineering from Politecnico di Milano.

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      Bain partner Francesco Cigala discusses "Operational Excellence: What separates the best from the rest."

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