Welcome

I am Maurizio Cuna

Management Consultant, Author, Mentor

20+ years navigating boardrooms across four continents. Partner for Financial Services. Author of the #1 Amazon Best Seller Beyond Slides. Exploring the edge where ideas move billions.

Maurizio's readers and coachees work at

McKinsey
BCG
Bain
Deloitte
PwC
Accenture
EY
Infosys Consulting
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McKinsey
BCG
Bain
Deloitte
PwC
Accenture
EY
Infosys Consulting
PA
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About Me

Maurizio Cuna

I work at the intersection of Business and Technology, passionate about Financial Services and innovation.

I like to think creatively and do things differently: after all, a true innovator has to be undisciplined. In my professional career, I've had the good fortune of working for great organisations and clients all over the world: Europe, Asia, USA, and Australia.

Today I serve as a Partner at Infosys Consulting, the management consulting arm of global Tech giant Infosys. (Everything you read on this website represents my own personal views and not necessarily those of my employer.)

I am the bestselling author of Beyond Slides: Stand out, become irreplaceable, and win big in consulting, a useful book for consultants who want to survive and thrive in the long game, with fewer buzzwords and more substance. I also write regularly on Consulting Intel, a newsletter I started in 2024 that is now read by thousands of management consultants globally.

My areas of research and interests include:

  • Financial Services
  • Digital business models
  • Cryptoventures
  • Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence
  • Mental Models

I hold a BSc and a MSc in Computer Science and Engineering from the University of Padua, the second oldest University in Italy and the sixth worldwide. I also have a formal education in Latin and Greek literature as well as Philosophy. Yes, Engineering and Philosophy: what a mix!

I was born and grew up in Puglia, right at the bottom of the "heel" of the Italian "boot". I currently live in Australia with my wife and daughter. In my spare time, I enjoy cooking, playing soccer, and reading old stuff.

My Work

#1 Amazon Best Seller

Beyond Slides

Stand out, become irreplaceable, and win big in consulting

In June 2025, I quietly launched my first consulting book. In the first week since publishing, Beyond Slides hit #1 Best Seller on Amazon in the "Consulting" and "Business Consulting" categories in the USA, UK, Australia, and Italy. It feels surreal!

Part philosophical essay, part memoir, part survival manual. Beyond Slides includes 39 practical exercises for those trying to make sense of consulting—this strange and slippery profession where ideas can move billions. This isn't about tips and tricks. It's about what actually makes you durable: the mindset to navigate ambiguity when AI eats the routine work, the presence to hold your ground under fire, the politics you cannot avoid (but can learn to master), and the long game of building leverage, reputation, and identity beyond your current firm.

In 2023, my dad passed away from cancer. Just weeks earlier, he had finally published his first book: a collection of poems and short stories he had tinkered with for 30 years. He always thought he would finish it one day, but life got in the way. Or maybe fear did. When he finally made it, time had nearly run out, and that hit me harder than I expected. That made me realise that "one day" is a dangerous idea. So I started writing, and after 24 months of early mornings, late nights, and a lot of caffeine, Beyond Slides is out.

Huge thanks to Tom Goodwin for the foreword! Having someone with such a sharp, curious, and delightfully contrarian mind introduce the book is a true honour.

"A gem cannot be polished without friction: well, neither can a consultant."

The book is now available in digital format on Kindle, Apple Books, Barnes & Noble, Kobo, Vivlio (and more), and as a paperback through Amazon, for those who still like the feel of paper and ink.

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