Rest assured: the experience of working in an official capacity for the common good is far more rewarding than advocating the interests of the few. And who is better placed to say that than me, having lived in both worlds? The work that piled up on my desk these past eight years encompassed a wide variety of topics.
The term of office of Carl-Ludwig Thiele and myself was undoubtedly an era marked by substantial change, and events kicked off during our very first weekend in office, when the first 2/5  BIS central bankers' speeches  Greek rescue package needed to be assembled in Basel amid intense political and time pressure.