Graduated in Business Administration and Management from Bocconi University in Milan. He spent 12 years at Pirelli as Senior Vice President of Corporate Development, after which he first became Chairman at Prelios, and then CEO of Prometeon Tyre Group, which manufactures and markets tyres with a focus on the industrial sector for freight and passenger transport. He returned to Pirelli as Deputy Chief Executive Officer and today he is Senior Advisor Industrial of Fineurop Soditic Spa, an independent financial boutique active in M&A, financing and debt advisory operations, and Chairman of the Board of MIT Partners Spa, a company that offers business and strategic consulting services, including management and turnaround.