From Italy to Saudi Arabia: Claudio’s Global Finance Journey & Lessons in Mentorship

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🗓️ 16 December 2025

⏱️ 45 minutes

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#MentorshipPodcast #FinanceCareer #ConsultingJourney #BCG #Vision2030 #CareerGrowth #InternationalBusiness #leadershiplessons Claudio shares his incredible global journey — from starting in European finance and insurance, to working on Vision 2030 transformation projects in Saudi Arabia, and later joining BCG in management consulting. His story is a masterclass in adaptability, mentorship, and lifelong learning across borders. 💼 Hear how Claudio pivoted from finance to consulting, embraced mentorship from global leaders, and learned to thrive in ever-changing industries. Perfect for students, professionals, and anyone building a career in international business or consulting. 🎧 Subscribe for more mentor stories, global career insights, and personal growth lessons from leaders around the world. 👇👇👇 Land A High Finance Career: https://www.wallstreetoasis.com/academy ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ WHAT IS WSO ACADEMY? It's a 12-week program to dramatically increase your odds of landing a 6-figure+ role in high finance... What’s included? 💥 GUARANTEED offer in high finance 🎓 Full course library for life (over $4k+ of content) 👥 Direct access to 1,300+ top mentors across banks & funds 📚 Tons of live training bootcamps (IB, PE, VC, Excel, etc.) 📄 Full resume rewrite + LinkedIn review (human + AI) 🧠 1:1 work with Head Mentors on TMAY + behavioral questions 🗣️ 6–10+ mock interviews, HireVue prep, Excel + logic assessments 🏢 Internship with WSO for resume branding 📬 Proven networking strategy & outreach software 🧭 Accountability coach & progress matrix 💬 Lifetime access to the exclusive alum Slack community 👉 JOIN WAITLIST HERE: https://www.wallstreetoasis.com/acade... 💪🔥 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ IS WSO ACADEMY FOR YOU? Yes, if any of the below sound like you: ✅ You want to break into investment banking but don’t know where to start ✅ You've applied to 100+ jobs and heard nothing back ✅ You’re not sure how to network effectively ✅ Your technical or behavioral answers need work ✅ You’re not from a target school or have below a 3.7 GPA ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Land A High Finance Career: https://www.wallstreetoasis.com/acade... WSO Academy is the largest online finance community with 1M+ members and 20M+ annual visitors. The 50+ head mentors in the program were handpicked from 1,300+ finance pros. They’ve helped thousands break into Wall Street careers over the past decade. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 🎓 JOIN WAITLIST HERE: https://www.wallstreetoasis.com/acade... ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ #finance #investmentbanking #privateequity #hedgefund #consulting #venturecapital #wallstreet The Daily Peel Newsletter 📰 → https://www.wallstreetoasis.com/media... 🎧 Listen to the Podcast: Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast... Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/7nQxuAp... 📚 WSO Resources: Courses: https://bit.ly/2ESzrv2 Resume Review: https://bit.ly/2Z0DFYq Mentors: https://bit.ly/3lIHoUi Events: https://bit.ly/350vMGd ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 📱 Follow us: LinkedIn | Instagram | Facebook | Twitter | TikTok → @wallstreetoasis ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

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0:00.0	You can buy the books, obviously. You can look stuff online, but talking to people for me is always the most powerful thing because they can teach you immediate feedback.
0:10.9	The chance to be mentored by very smart and experienced people is one of the things you should invest in yourself.
0:19.0	But is that how I should think about this? But why couldn't you keep going?
0:21.6	There just wasn't enough.
0:22.6	I was learning and I was happy, but there was also a clear point in time when unfortunately
0:28.6	there was a change.
0:29.6	You're saying the regulators only allowed a certain percentage of your portfolio
0:33.6	to be private placements?
0:34.6	What was that?
0:35.6	That was very satisfying and a great experience. But unfortunately, you cannot do private placements? What was that? That was very satisfying and a great experience, but
0:39.3	unfortunately, you cannot do private placements forever.
0:54.1	Okay, Claudia, thanks so much for taking the time to join us today.
0:57.3	It's a pleasure to be here. Thank you, Patrick.
0:59.6	It would be great if you could kind of get the listener's short summary bio, where you're from, all the good stuff.
1:04.4	Yeah, so as everybody can immediately speak from my accent, I'm Italian.
1:08.9	I started in finance.
1:11.6	I worked around five years by side in a big insurance company.
1:15.6	Then I decided finance was a bit too specialized for me at the time.
1:20.6	So I moved into management consulting to be able to see broader things compared to what I was able to see before.
1:35.1	And then I made another pivot when I moved into public administration.
1:36.5	I went to Saudi Arabia. I worked five years there into the realization of some of the Vision 2030 country-level
1:44.0	transformation programs.
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