/* ============================================================================================
   About — editorial company profile
   The LSP announcement is intentionally treated as a chapter in the company story rather than
   as a generic card. All motion is reveal-based and inherits the global reduced-motion rules.
   ============================================================================================ */

.page-header-about {
    min-height: clamp(32rem, 68svh, 48rem);
    display: flex;
    align-items: stretch;
    padding-block: clamp(2rem, 4vw, 3.75rem) clamp(4rem, 7vw, 6.5rem);
    background:
        radial-gradient(circle at 82% 18%, rgba(35, 219, 205, .25), transparent 26rem),
        radial-gradient(circle at 16% 88%, rgba(213, 75, 192, .2), transparent 30rem),
        linear-gradient(118deg, #0d102b, #30335f 55%, #6f2769);
    overflow: hidden;
}

.about-hero-media {
    position: absolute;
    inset: 0;
    z-index: 0;
    overflow: hidden;
}

.about-hero-media::after {
    content: "";
    position: absolute;
    inset: 0;
    background:
        linear-gradient(90deg, rgba(8, 11, 33, .96) 0%, rgba(18, 23, 58, .88) 37%, rgba(31, 30, 68, .58) 63%, rgba(37, 17, 49, .3) 100%),
        linear-gradient(0deg, rgba(5, 8, 25, .62), transparent 56%);
}

.about-hero-media img {
    width: 100%;
    height: 100%;
    object-fit: cover;
    object-position: center;
    filter: saturate(.9) contrast(1.06);
    transform: scale(1.035);
    animation: about-hero-breathe 16s var(--ease-in-out) both;
}

@keyframes about-hero-breathe {
    from { transform: scale(1.075); }
    to { transform: scale(1.01); }
}

.page-header-about::before {
    z-index: 1;
    opacity: .4;
    background-image:
        linear-gradient(rgba(255,255,255,.045) 1px, transparent 1px),
        linear-gradient(90deg, rgba(255,255,255,.045) 1px, transparent 1px);
    background-size: 4.5rem 4.5rem;
    mask-image: linear-gradient(100deg, transparent, #000 38%, #000 90%);
    -webkit-mask-image: linear-gradient(100deg, transparent, #000 38%, #000 90%);
}

.about-hero-container {
    position: relative;
    z-index: 3;
    width: 100%;
    display: grid;
    grid-template-rows: auto 1fr;
}

.about-hero-copy {
    align-self: end;
    display: grid;
    justify-items: start;
    gap: clamp(1rem, 2vw, 1.5rem);
    max-width: 48rem;
    padding-block-start: clamp(4rem, 10vw, 8rem);
}

.about-hero-kicker {
    display: inline-flex;
    align-items: center;
    gap: .65rem;
    padding: .5rem .8rem;
    border: 1px solid rgba(255,255,255,.2);
    border-radius: 999px;
    background: rgba(8,11,33,.28);
    backdrop-filter: blur(14px) saturate(1.2);
    color: rgba(255,255,255,.78);
    font: var(--weight-semibold) .66rem/1 var(--font-sans);
    letter-spacing: .13em;
}

.about-hero-kicker i {
    width: .45rem;
    height: .45rem;
    border-radius: 50%;
    background: var(--highlight);
    box-shadow: 0 0 1rem color-mix(in srgb, var(--highlight) 80%, transparent);
}

.page-header-about h1 {
    max-width: 12ch;
    margin: 0;
    font-size: clamp(3.25rem, 7vw, 7rem) !important;
    line-height: .9;
    letter-spacing: -.07em;
    text-wrap: balance;
    text-shadow: 0 .45rem 2.2rem rgba(5, 7, 24, .48);
}

/* Navigation focuses the page heading for screen-reader orientation. It is not interactive, so
   the global control focus ring would read as a decorative box around the title. */
.page-header-about h1:focus-visible { outline: none; }

.page-header-about .lead {
    max-width: 42rem;
    margin: 0;
    color: rgba(255,255,255,.8);
    font-size: clamp(1.05rem, 1.65vw, 1.3rem);
    text-shadow: 0 .2rem 1rem rgba(5,7,24,.4);
}

html[dir="rtl"] .page-header-about h1 { line-height: 1.14; letter-spacing: 0; }

.about-hero-glow {
    position: absolute;
    z-index: 1;
    width: 28rem;
    aspect-ratio: 1;
    inset-inline-end: -7rem;
    inset-block-start: -12rem;
    border-radius: 50%;
    background: color-mix(in srgb, var(--highlight) 16%, transparent);
    filter: blur(90px);
    pointer-events: none;
}

.about-hero-ring {
    position: absolute;
    z-index: 2;
    aspect-ratio: 1;
    border: 1px solid rgba(255,255,255,.14);
    border-radius: 50%;
    pointer-events: none;
}

.about-hero-ring-a {
    width: clamp(16rem, 30vw, 31rem);
    inset-inline-end: clamp(-8rem, -4vw, -2rem);
    inset-block-start: -8rem;
    box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 3rem rgba(255,255,255,.018);
}

.about-hero-ring-b {
    width: clamp(8rem, 15vw, 15rem);
    inset-inline-end: clamp(5rem, 12vw, 14rem);
    inset-block-end: -6rem;
    border-color: color-mix(in srgb, var(--highlight) 30%, transparent);
}

.about-hero-wordmark {
    position: absolute;
    z-index: 2;
    inset-inline-end: clamp(1rem, 4vw, 4rem);
    inset-block-end: 3.5rem;
    color: rgba(255,255,255,.1);
    font: var(--weight-black) clamp(3rem, 7vw, 7rem)/1 var(--font-sans);
    letter-spacing: .08em;
    writing-mode: vertical-rl;
    pointer-events: none;
}

.about-hero-edge {
    position: absolute;
    inset-inline-start: 0;
    inset-block-end: -2rem;
    width: clamp(5rem, 12vw, 10rem);
    height: 2px;
    background: linear-gradient(90deg, var(--highlight), color-mix(in srgb, var(--highlight) 0%, transparent));
    box-shadow: 0 0 1.5rem color-mix(in srgb, var(--highlight) 45%, transparent);
}

:root[data-theme="dark"] .page-header-about {
    background:
        radial-gradient(circle at 82% 18%, rgba(35, 219, 205, .17), transparent 26rem),
        linear-gradient(118deg, #08091d, #22264d 58%, #481a48);
}

.about-experience {
    --about-navy: #30335f;
    --about-ink: #15192f;
    --about-line: color-mix(in srgb, var(--primary) 11%, transparent);
    overflow: clip;
    background: var(--surface);
}

.about-experience > section { position: relative; }
.about-experience .container { position: relative; }
.about-experience .section { padding-block: clamp(5rem, 9vw, 8.5rem); }

.about-section-index {
    position: absolute;
    inset-block-start: -2.25rem;
    inset-inline-end: 0;
    color: color-mix(in srgb, var(--primary) 20%, transparent);
    font: var(--weight-bold) .7rem/1 var(--font-sans);
    letter-spacing: .18em;
}

.about-section-index::before {
    content: "";
    display: inline-block;
    width: clamp(2.5rem, 6vw, 5rem);
    height: 1px;
    margin-inline-end: .75rem;
    vertical-align: middle;
    background: currentColor;
}

.about-section-index-light { color: rgba(255,255,255,.28); }

/* Intro ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- */

.about-intro {
    isolation: isolate;
    background:
        radial-gradient(circle at 92% 8%, color-mix(in srgb, var(--accent) 8%, transparent), transparent 27rem),
        var(--surface);
}

.about-intro::after {
    content: "";
    position: absolute;
    width: 27rem;
    aspect-ratio: 1;
    inset-inline-start: -18rem;
    inset-block-end: -14rem;
    z-index: -1;
    border: 1px solid var(--about-line);
    border-radius: 50%;
    box-shadow: 0 0 0 4rem color-mix(in srgb, var(--primary) 2%, transparent),
                0 0 0 8rem color-mix(in srgb, var(--accent) 1.8%, transparent);
}

.about-intro-grid {
    display: grid;
    grid-template-columns: minmax(16rem, .64fr) minmax(0, 1.36fr);
    gap: clamp(3rem, 9vw, 8rem);
    align-items: start;
}

.about-wordmark {
    position: sticky;
    inset-block-start: calc(var(--header-height) + 2rem);
    display: grid;
    grid-template-columns: auto 1fr;
    align-items: end;
    gap: 1rem;
    color: var(--about-navy);
    font: var(--weight-bold) clamp(.8rem, 1.2vw, 1rem)/1.35 var(--font-sans);
    letter-spacing: .12em;
}

.about-wordmark-letter {
    color: transparent;
    font-size: clamp(5.5rem, 11vw, 10rem);
    line-height: .72;
    letter-spacing: -.12em;
    -webkit-text-stroke: 1px color-mix(in srgb, var(--primary) 52%, transparent);
}

.about-prose { color: var(--muted); font-size: clamp(1.05rem, 1.35vw, 1.18rem); line-height: 1.85; }
.about-prose > p:first-child { color: var(--text); font-size: clamp(1.3rem, 2vw, 1.72rem); line-height: 1.55; }
.about-prose h2 { max-width: 18ch; color: var(--text-strong); font-size: clamp(1.8rem, 3.2vw, 2.7rem); letter-spacing: -.035em; }

/* Leadership story ------------------------------------------------------------------------- */

.about-leadership {
    isolation: isolate;
    background:
        radial-gradient(circle at 8% 88%, color-mix(in srgb, var(--accent) 8%, transparent), transparent 26rem),
        linear-gradient(145deg, var(--background-alt), var(--surface) 48%);
}

.about-leadership::after {
    content: "";
    position: absolute;
    z-index: -1;
    width: 30rem;
    aspect-ratio: 1;
    inset-inline-end: -18rem;
    inset-block-start: -13rem;
    border: 1px solid var(--about-line);
    border-radius: 50%;
    box-shadow: 0 0 0 4rem color-mix(in srgb, var(--primary) 2.5%, transparent),
                0 0 0 8rem color-mix(in srgb, var(--accent) 2%, transparent);
}

.about-leadership-grid {
    display: grid;
    grid-template-columns: minmax(18rem, .82fr) minmax(0, 1.18fr);
    gap: clamp(3rem, 9vw, 8rem);
    align-items: center;
}

.about-leadership-visual {
    position: relative;
    width: min(100%, 34rem);
    margin: 0;
    padding-inline-start: clamp(1rem, 3vw, 2.4rem);
}

.about-leadership-photo {
    position: relative;
    overflow: hidden;
    aspect-ratio: 4 / 5;
    border: 1px solid color-mix(in srgb, var(--primary) 18%, var(--border));
    border-radius: clamp(1.5rem, 4vw, 3rem) clamp(1.5rem, 4vw, 3rem) .75rem .75rem;
    background: var(--surface-sunken);
    box-shadow: 0 3rem 6rem -3.5rem rgba(17, 20, 55, .55);
}

.about-leadership-photo::after {
    content: "";
    position: absolute;
    inset: 0;
    background: linear-gradient(180deg, transparent 55%, rgba(12, 15, 42, .2));
    pointer-events: none;
}

.about-leadership-photo img {
    width: 100%;
    height: 100%;
    object-fit: cover;
    object-position: center top;
    filter: saturate(.92) contrast(1.03);
    transition: transform 900ms var(--ease-out), filter 500ms ease;
}

.about-leadership-visual:hover img { transform: scale(1.035); filter: saturate(1) contrast(1.04); }

.about-leadership-placeholder {
    position: absolute;
    inset: 0;
    display: grid;
    place-items: center;
    background:
        radial-gradient(circle at 70% 22%, color-mix(in srgb, var(--highlight) 24%, transparent), transparent 31%),
        linear-gradient(145deg, #242851, #5d245b);
}

.about-leadership-placeholder::before,
.about-leadership-placeholder::after {
    content: "";
    position: absolute;
    border: 1px solid rgba(255,255,255,.14);
    border-radius: 50%;
}

.about-leadership-placeholder::before { width: 72%; aspect-ratio: 1; }
.about-leadership-placeholder::after { width: 48%; aspect-ratio: 1; }
.about-leadership-placeholder > span { color: rgba(255,255,255,.88); font: var(--weight-black) clamp(4rem, 9vw, 7rem)/1 var(--font-sans); letter-spacing: -.08em; }

.about-leadership-photo-line {
    position: absolute;
    z-index: 2;
    inset-inline: 12%;
    inset-block-end: 1rem;
    height: 2px;
    background: linear-gradient(90deg, var(--highlight), color-mix(in srgb, var(--highlight) 0%, transparent));
    box-shadow: 0 0 1rem color-mix(in srgb, var(--highlight) 50%, transparent);
}

.about-leadership-monogram {
    position: absolute;
    z-index: -1;
    inset-inline-start: -1rem;
    inset-block-end: -2.5rem;
    color: transparent;
    font: var(--weight-black) clamp(8rem, 17vw, 15rem)/.75 var(--font-sans);
    -webkit-text-stroke: 1px color-mix(in srgb, var(--primary) 24%, transparent);
}

.about-leadership-copy {
    position: relative;
    display: grid;
    justify-items: start;
    gap: 1.35rem;
    max-width: 48rem;
}

.about-quote-mark {
    position: absolute;
    inset-inline-end: 0;
    inset-block-start: -3.5rem;
    color: color-mix(in srgb, var(--primary) 9%, transparent);
    font: var(--weight-black) clamp(7rem, 14vw, 12rem)/1 var(--font-sans);
    pointer-events: none;
}

.about-leadership-eyebrow {
    display: inline-flex;
    align-items: center;
    gap: .75rem;
    color: var(--accent-700);
    font: var(--weight-semibold) .74rem/1.2 var(--font-sans);
    letter-spacing: .14em;
    text-transform: uppercase;
}

.about-leadership-eyebrow::before { content: ""; width: 2.5rem; height: 1px; background: currentColor; }
.about-leadership-copy h2 { max-width: 13ch; margin: 0; color: var(--text-strong); font-size: clamp(2.35rem, 4.6vw, 4.5rem); line-height: 1.02; letter-spacing: -.055em; text-wrap: balance; }
html[dir="rtl"] .about-leadership-copy h2 { line-height: 1.2; letter-spacing: 0; }
.about-leadership-prose { color: var(--muted); font-size: clamp(1.02rem, 1.35vw, 1.16rem); line-height: 1.88; }
.about-leadership-prose p:first-child { color: var(--text); }
.about-leadership-prose em { color: var(--primary); font-weight: var(--weight-semibold); }

.about-leadership-signature {
    display: flex;
    align-items: center;
    gap: 1rem;
    margin-top: .5rem;
}

.about-signature-line { width: clamp(3rem, 7vw, 5.5rem); height: 1px; background: color-mix(in srgb, var(--primary) 46%, transparent); }
.about-leadership-signature strong { display: block; color: var(--text-strong); font: var(--weight-bold) .82rem/1.3 var(--font-sans); letter-spacing: .12em; }
.about-leadership-signature small { display: block; margin-top: .25rem; color: var(--muted-soft); font-size: .75rem; text-transform: uppercase; letter-spacing: .09em; }

/* LSP chapter ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- */

.about-spotlight {
    isolation: isolate;
    color: rgba(255,255,255,.72);
    background:
        radial-gradient(circle at 8% 10%, rgba(48, 199, 199, .2), transparent 25rem),
        radial-gradient(circle at 94% 88%, rgba(190, 74, 172, .2), transparent 30rem),
        var(--about-navy);
}

.about-spotlight::before {
    content: "";
    position: absolute;
    inset: 0;
    z-index: -1;
    opacity: .65;
    background-image: linear-gradient(rgba(255,255,255,.025) 1px, transparent 1px),
                      linear-gradient(90deg, rgba(255,255,255,.025) 1px, transparent 1px);
    background-size: 4rem 4rem;
    mask-image: linear-gradient(115deg, transparent, #000 32%, #000 82%, transparent);
    -webkit-mask-image: linear-gradient(115deg, transparent, #000 32%, #000 82%, transparent);
}

.about-spotlight-grid {
    display: grid;
    grid-template-columns: minmax(0, 1.12fr) minmax(20rem, .88fr);
    gap: clamp(3rem, 8vw, 7rem);
    align-items: center;
}

.about-spotlight-visual { position: relative; margin: 0; }
.about-photo-frame {
    position: relative;
    overflow: hidden;
    aspect-ratio: 1.44;
    border: 1px solid rgba(255,255,255,.18);
    border-radius: 2rem;
    box-shadow: 0 2.6rem 5rem -2.6rem rgba(0,0,0,.7);
}

.about-photo-frame::after {
    content: "";
    position: absolute;
    inset: 0;
    border: .75rem solid rgba(255,255,255,.055);
    border-radius: inherit;
    pointer-events: none;
}

.about-photo-frame img {
    width: 100%;
    height: 100%;
    object-fit: cover;
    transition: transform 1.2s var(--ease-out), filter var(--duration-slow);
}

.about-spotlight-visual:hover img { transform: scale(1.035); filter: saturate(1.06); }

.about-photo-accent {
    position: absolute;
    width: clamp(4.5rem, 9vw, 7rem);
    aspect-ratio: 1;
    inset-inline-end: -1.5rem;
    inset-block-end: -1.5rem;
    border: 1px solid color-mix(in srgb, var(--highlight) 60%, transparent);
    border-radius: 50%;
    box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 1rem color-mix(in srgb, var(--highlight) 4.5%, transparent),
                0 0 0 .7rem rgba(255,255,255,.025);
    animation: about-orbit 8s linear infinite;
}

.about-photo-accent::after {
    content: "";
    position: absolute;
    width: .55rem;
    aspect-ratio: 1;
    inset-inline-start: 50%;
    inset-block-start: -.3rem;
    border-radius: 50%;
    background: var(--highlight);
    box-shadow: 0 0 1.2rem color-mix(in srgb, var(--highlight) 78%, transparent);
}

@keyframes about-orbit { to { transform: rotate(360deg); } }

.about-spotlight-copy { display: grid; justify-items: start; gap: 1.35rem; }
.about-eyebrow {
    display: inline-flex;
    align-items: center;
    gap: .75rem;
    color: var(--highlight);
    font: var(--weight-semibold) .74rem/1.2 var(--font-sans);
    letter-spacing: .13em;
    text-transform: uppercase;
}

.about-eyebrow::before { content: ""; width: 2.4rem; height: 1px; background: currentColor; }
.about-spotlight-copy h2 { max-width: 13ch; margin: 0; color: #fff; font-size: clamp(2.2rem, 4.1vw, 4rem); line-height: 1.03; letter-spacing: -.052em; text-wrap: balance; }
html[dir="rtl"] .about-spotlight-copy h2 { line-height: 1.2; letter-spacing: 0; }
.about-spotlight-prose { color: rgba(255,255,255,.68); font-size: clamp(1rem, 1.3vw, 1.12rem); line-height: 1.82; }
.about-spotlight-prose strong { color: #fff; }

.about-external-link {
    display: inline-flex;
    align-items: center;
    gap: .75rem;
    margin-top: .35rem;
    padding-block-end: .45rem;
    border-block-end: 1px solid color-mix(in srgb, var(--highlight) 55%, transparent);
    color: #fff;
    font-weight: var(--weight-semibold);
    transition: gap var(--duration) var(--ease-spring), color var(--duration-fast), border-color var(--duration-fast);
}

.about-external-link:hover { gap: 1rem; color: color-mix(in srgb, var(--highlight) 60%, #fff); border-color: color-mix(in srgb, var(--highlight) 60%, #fff); }

/* Dynamic supporting sections --------------------------------------------------------------- */

.about-stats { background: linear-gradient(180deg, var(--background-alt), var(--surface)); }
.about-stats .section-header { margin-inline: auto; }
.about-stats .stat-band {
    overflow: hidden;
    border: 1px solid var(--about-line);
    border-radius: 2rem;
    box-shadow: 0 2rem 5rem -3.5rem rgba(20,25,55,.42);
}

.about-stats .stat { min-height: 13rem; align-content: center; background: color-mix(in srgb, var(--surface) 95%, var(--primary-050)); }
.about-stats .stat:hover { transform: translateY(-4px); background: var(--surface); }

.about-values { background: var(--surface); }
.about-values .section-header { max-width: 50rem; margin-inline: auto; }
.about-value-grid { grid-template-columns: repeat(3, minmax(0, 1fr)); gap: 1px; overflow: hidden; border: 1px solid var(--about-line); border-radius: 2rem; background: var(--about-line); }
.about-values .feature-card { min-height: 21rem; border: 0; border-radius: 0; }
.about-values .feature-card:hover { transform: none; background: var(--primary-050); box-shadow: none; }
.about-value-number { color: var(--muted-soft); font: var(--weight-semibold) .7rem/1 var(--font-sans); letter-spacing: .16em; }

.about-certifications { background: linear-gradient(145deg, var(--background-alt), color-mix(in srgb, var(--accent) 4%, var(--surface))); }
.about-certifications .section-header { margin-inline: auto; }
.about-certification-grid { gap: 1rem; }
.about-certifications .cert-card { min-height: 16rem; border-radius: 1.5rem; background: var(--surface); box-shadow: 0 1.3rem 3rem -2.5rem rgba(20,25,55,.38); }

.about-offices { background: var(--surface); }
.about-offices .section-header { margin-inline: auto; }
.about-office-grid { max-width: 68rem; margin-inline: auto; gap: 1.25rem; }
.about-offices .office-card { min-height: 14rem; padding: clamp(1.5rem, 3vw, 2.25rem); border-radius: 1.5rem; background: linear-gradient(145deg, var(--surface), var(--surface-sunken)); }
.about-offices .office-card:hover { transform: translateY(-5px); box-shadow: var(--shadow-lg); }

.about-cta { padding-block: 0 clamp(5rem, 9vw, 8rem); background: var(--surface); }
.about-cta .cta-band { border-radius: 2rem; }

:root[data-theme="dark"] .about-experience { --about-navy: #22264d; --about-ink: #f2f5fb; }
:root[data-theme="dark"] .about-wordmark { color: var(--text); }
:root[data-theme="dark"] .about-stats .stat,
:root[data-theme="dark"] .about-certifications .cert-card,
:root[data-theme="dark"] .about-offices .office-card { background: linear-gradient(145deg, var(--surface), rgba(255,255,255,.025)); }

@media (max-width: 58rem) {
    .about-intro-grid, .about-leadership-grid, .about-spotlight-grid { grid-template-columns: 1fr; }
    .about-wordmark { position: static; max-width: 18rem; }
    .about-leadership-visual { width: min(82%, 34rem); margin-inline: auto; }
    .about-spotlight-visual { max-width: 44rem; }
    .about-value-grid { grid-template-columns: repeat(2, minmax(0, 1fr)); }
}

@media (max-width: 42rem) {
    .page-header-about { min-height: 34rem; padding-block: 1.5rem 4rem; }
    .about-hero-media::after {
        background:
            linear-gradient(180deg, rgba(8,11,33,.74), rgba(13,16,43,.88) 54%, rgba(13,16,43,.97)),
            linear-gradient(0deg, rgba(5,8,25,.4), transparent);
    }
    .about-hero-media img { object-position: 62% center; }
    .about-hero-copy { padding-block-start: 5rem; }
    .about-hero-kicker { font-size: .58rem; letter-spacing: .1em; }
    .page-header-about h1 { font-size: clamp(3rem, 14vw, 4.6rem) !important; line-height: .94; }
    .about-hero-wordmark, .about-hero-ring-b { display: none; }
    .about-hero-ring-a { opacity: .56; }
    .about-leadership-visual { width: 100%; padding-inline-start: .75rem; }
    .about-leadership-copy h2 { font-size: clamp(2.2rem, 11vw, 3.4rem); }
    .about-quote-mark { opacity: .6; }
    .about-experience .section { padding-block: 4.5rem; }
    .about-photo-frame { border-radius: 1.25rem; }
    .about-photo-accent { inset-inline-end: -.5rem; inset-block-end: -.75rem; }
    .about-value-grid { grid-template-columns: 1fr; border-radius: 1.35rem; }
    .about-values .feature-card { min-height: auto; }
}

@media (prefers-reduced-motion: reduce) {
    .about-hero-media img { animation: none; transform: none; }
    .about-photo-accent { animation: none; }
    .about-photo-frame img, .about-external-link { transition: none; }
    .about-leadership-photo img { transition: none; }
    .about-leadership-visual:hover img { transform: none; }
    .about-spotlight-visual:hover img { transform: none; }
}