MILAN & LONDON—May 13, 2026—Bain & Company today announced that Pierluigi Serlenga has been appointed as managing partner of its Southern & Eastern Europe business. 

Based in Italy, Serlenga will lead Bain’s business across Italy, Spain, Portugal, Turkey, Greece, and in Central & Eastern Europe, with a focus on helping clients deliver complex transformation agendas, while building on long-term client partnerships and continuing to invest in development of the firm’s local teams in the region and its unique, collaborative culture. 

With 25 years of service at Bain, Serlenga will continue to act as managing partner of Bain’s Italy business while also co-leading the firm’s Aerospace, Defense & Government Services sector globally. He brings to his role deep experience advising industrial clients across the firm’s Europe, Middle East & Africa (EMEA) region on strategy, M&A, transformation and performance improvement. 

“With an outstanding track record in our firm over many years, Pierluigi is a highly respected client leader and a trusted partner to our teams across the region,” said Tom De Waele, managing partner for EMEA at Bain & Company. “Pierluigi brings deep experience and knowledge, strong client relationships in the region and beyond, and a clear focus on securing world-class results for our clients. I’m confident that he will build on Bain’s strong business momentum in the Southern and Eastern Europe and will continue to strengthen the impact we bring to Bain’s clients across the region.” 

Serlenga said: “I’m honored to take on this new role across the region, where our clients continue to have great growth ambition and a clear focus on delivering business results and socio-economic impact to take our firm to the next level. Together with our leaders in the Southern & Eastern Europe markets – Ignacio Otero in Iberia, Dimitris Psarris in Greece, Onur Candar in Turkey and Patryk Rudnicki in Central & Eastern Europe – we will work as “one team” bringing the best of our capabilities to help clients secure winning results, build resilience, and create long-lasting value. We will keep investing in our people to develop the next generation of leaders in our firm and will continue to build on our technological capabilities to serve our clients and help them to secure world-class results.” 

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