President of the Leonardo Group<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He is the NATO Senior Civilian Representative to Afghanistan. In this capacity, Ambassador Pontecorvo has followed directly events in Afghanistan due to the large military contingent Italy had in the Country and the Italian role as Framework Nation in the region of Herat, travelling often to Herat and Kabul. During the last crisis in Afghanistan, he coordinated the evacuation of 124,000 people before leaving the country himself. Previously, he has been the Italian Ambassador to Pakistan and the Diplomatic Advisor to the Italian Defense Minister. He has also served as Deputy Head of Mission in the Italian Embassy in London, as Deputy Director General for Sub-Saharan Africa in the Italian MFA, and as Deputy Head of Mission in the Italian Embassy in Moscow. In his earlier career he has held various positions in Brussels, in the then EU Council General Secretariat as Head of the Balkans Desk in CFSP, then attached to the Stability Pact for Southeastern Europe as Head of the Table responsible for Stability and Security in the Balkans and finally posted to, in the Italian Permanent Delegation to the EU where he served as RELEX Counselor and Deputy PSC Representative. Amb. Pontecorvo is appointed “Commendatore” of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic (OMRI).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":8739,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n