After graduating in Information Science from the University of Turin, he began his career in industrial automation working for a Fiat Group company. In 1999, he joined Andersen Consulting (now Accenture) as a Senior Manager and developed his career first in the world of technology consulting and then in sales, where he held Italian and international roles until becoming Senior Managing Director and Head of Sales for the region comprising Italy, Eastern Europe and Greece. Having grown up in the industrial, consumer goods and automotive sectors, for the past five years he has been involved in all of Accenture’s industrial sectors, having extended his responsibilities to the banking, insurance, telecommunications, natural resources and public administration sectors.