Ambassador. Following a year at the Diplomatic Institute, he began working on January 1, 1985, as a Second Secretary in the Directorate General for Emigration and Social Affairs. On September 1, 1987, he took up the position of Second Secretary at the Embassy in New Delhi, and a year later, he was promoted to First Secretary of Legation. From 1990 to 1994, he served as First Commercial Secretary at the Permanent Representation of Italy to the International Organizations in Geneva, where he followed the Uruguay Round negotiations and negotiated the General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS) on behalf of Italy. On May 1, 1994, he was promoted to the rank of Counsellor of Legation. From 1996 to 2001, he headed the Economic and Commercial Office at the Italian Embassy in Tokyo and coordinated activities related to the “Year of Italy in Japan.” Having attained the rank of Embassy Counsellor in 2000, he became First Counsellor at the Permanent Representation to the United Nations in New York on August 20, 2001. On January 2, 2006, he was appointed Minister Plenipotentiary. On December 21, 2006, he became Diplomatic Counsellor to the Minister for the Environment, Land and Sea Protection in the Prodi government. Following a change in government, he was confirmed in an “out-of-cadre” (seconded) position at the same Ministry, retaining the same role under the Berlusconi government, effective May 8, 2008. On August 24, 2010, he was appointed Deputy Permanent Representative of Italy to the United Nations, with the title and rank of Ambassador. On December 31, 2013, he was appointed Deputy Secretary General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. From July 1, 2016, to January 6, 2020, he served as the Ambassador of Italy to Brazil and Suriname. From January 7, 2020, he served as the Permanent Representative of Italy to the International Organizations in Paris. Promoted to the rank of Ambassador on January 21, 2022, he retired on June 1, 2022, upon reaching the mandatory retirement age. He acted as Special Envoy for Rome’s bid to host EXPO 2030 and served as Chair of the Examination Board for entry into the Diplomatic Service in 2022. He has been a lecturer at the Guardia di Finanza’s School of Economic and Financial Police and has held the position of Chief of Staff at the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) in Abu Dhabi.
