Career diplomat with the rank of Ambassador (retired).

During his 35 years of career, he was Ambassador of the European Union to the United Arab Emirates (Abu Dhabi) and  Ambassador of Italy to the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan (Amman).

He also served as Special Envoy of the Department for Political and Security Affairs of the Ministry for Foreign Affairs,  Diplomatic Advisor of the Italian Minister of Culture and  Deputy Ambassador of Italy to UNESCO in Paris. He worked as well in the Italian  Diplomatic Missions  in Sweden, New York  (United Nations) and Albania.

He has been awarded with the Order of the Polar Star by Sweden, the Order of Commendatore by Italy, the Order of Istqlal by Jordan and the Order of Indipendence of First Class by the United Arab Emirates.

At present  - in addition to his academic activities with the Alma Mater University in Bologna (cultural diplomacy) and Tor Vergata University in Rome ( diplomatic negotiation and international relations/foreign policy) -  he is member of the Board of Directors of the Italy-Gulf Initiative (IGI).