Born in 1964, President of Banca AideXa, he is an angel investor in about ten hi-tech and fintech start-up initiatives. He is also a European advisor for Cerberus Capital and on its behalf chairs Officine CST.
In 2019-20 he was Vice President of UBI Banca. In 2015-17 he was President of the four Good Banks (Chieti, Ferrara, Etruria, Marche) with the task of securing them and selling them on behalf of the Bank of Italy's Resolution Fund, within the framework of the BRRD (first case of bail-in in Europe).
Previously, he worked for 18 years at Unicredit group where he joined in 1997 as Head of Planning until becoming General Manager in 2011. At Unicredit, among other things, he was responsible for creating and leading the Central Eastern Europe Division and the Retail Division.
In the past, he was Chairman of the European Financial Marketing Association and Deputy Vice President of the ABI. Before that, he worked with McKinsey and Salomon Brothers in London.