Degree in Statistical and Economic Sciences - Economics and Business with a Statistics-Economics specialisation, from “La Sapienza” University of Rome; Master's degree in Banking and Finance from the CUOA Foundation. Formerly a Business & Financial Planning, Investment Banking and Management Control advisor for a number of companies and advisor for Finanziaria Laziale di Sviluppo, in 2005 he was appointed Chief Executive of the Administrative Area (Budget, Finance and Staff) of the Civitavecchia Port Authority, of which he became Chair in June 2011. In July 2013, he became Chair of Assoporti, the Association of Italian Ports, of which he had been Deputy Vice-Chair since July 2012 and remained in office as Chair until April 2017. From 2015 to 2016, he was appointed by Prime Minister Mario Draghi as Special Commissioner at the Civitavecchia Port Authority with the task of unblocking 57 works vital to the Country revival, and participated in drafting the new law on the reorganisation of the Italian port system. In 2014 in Washington, he was awarded the International Business Award by NIAF, the National Italian American Foundation. He is Chair of the Port System Authority of the Western Sicily Sea, which includes the ports of Palermo, Termini Imerese, Trapani and Porto Empedocle. He is an adjunct professor in “Supply Chain Management Mod. II” at the University of Naples Parthenope and keynote speaker at numerous national and international conferences in the areas of his specialisation, as well as at cultural events organised by Institutions and Research Organisations. In 2023, he was appointed as an external member of the Board of Directors of the University of Palermo.