Diplomatic career
After obtaining a degree in economics from Sapienza University in 1985,he began his diplomatic career in 1989 at the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and was assigned to the Directorate-General for Economic Affairs. [3]
In 1991,he was Deputy Ambassador to Tanzania and from 1995 to 1999,he served as First Secretary of the Italian Permanent Representation to the International Organisations in Geneva. Back at the Foreign Ministry in 1999,he was named Head of the Statistical Office within the Analysis and Programming Unit of the General-Secretariat,led by Ambassador Roberto Toscano.
Starting in 2002,he worked as First Counsellor at the Italian Permanent Representation to the United Nations in New York,responsible for the 1st Commission of the General Assembly on disarmament and non-proliferation issues. From 2006 to 2010,he served as Relex Counsellor in the context of the Common Foreign and Security Policy at the Italian Permanent Representation to the European Union in Brussels. Upon his return to the Foreign Ministry in 2010,he was named Head of the scientific and technological cooperation unit. [4]
From 2011 to 2016,he was the Head of training department at the Foreign Ministry,first as Director of the Diplomatic Institute "Mario Toscano" and from 2014 as Head of the Training Unit within the Directorate-General for Resources and Innovation. [5]
From September 19,2016,to January 3,2021,he served as Ambassador of Italy to Bulgaria. [6]
In 2019 he has produced,together with the Italian composer Lorenzo Turchi-Floris,a cultural show entitled "Journey in Italy" to get to know some of the Italian Regions through their popular musical tradition arranged in a classical key for tenor and piano. [7]
From January 4,2021,to September 14,2024,he was Italy's Permanent Representative to the OSCE in Vienna. [8]
He collaborates with numerous Italian universities (Sapienza University of Rome,Roma Tre University,LUMSA,University of Pavia,University of Trento,University of Forlì) where he organizes seminar series and courses on diplomacy and international affairs. [9]
He has participated as a speaker to three TEDx:on 20 April 2020 at TEDxUNITN (Trento) dedicated to "The Pulse of Innovation" [10] on 3 October 2015 at TEDxBari (Bari) dedicated to "Resilience", [11] on 27 January 2018 at TEDxVitosha (Sofia) dedicated to "Happy People". [12]
