Women account for 35 per cent of all personnel and 23 per cent of employees with managerial responsibilities; both percentages are rising. We promote gender equality in recruitment, in the assignment of positions and in career progression. We will continue to do so in the interest of good administration.
I wish to convey my personal thanks and those of the Governing Board to the managers, directors and all the staff who work for the Bank of Italy, proudly performing their public duties with discipline and honour, as the Constitution requires; capable, when times are hard, of an outstanding, self-sacrificing commitment of effort, skill, passion, dedication and openness to change.