- Born in Naples on 10/11/1949; - Married, with four children; - Obtained Degree in Law cum laude from the University of Naples on   28/7/1970; - Started diplomatic career in 1974; assigned to the Office for Italian Schools   abroad at the General Directorate for Cultural Relations, Ministry of Foreign   Affairs; - Head of the Economic/Commercial Office at the Embassy of Italy in Lagos  (Nigeria) from 1976 to 1979; - Head of the Consulate of Italy in Tolosa (France) from 1979 to 1984; - Returned to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Rome as Head of the Office for   Scientific Co-operation and subsequently Head of the Office for Cultural   Agreements between 1984 and 1987; - First Counsellor for Social Affairs at the Embassy in Ottawa (Canada) from   1987 to 1992; - Deputy Ambassador and First Counsellor for Political Affairs at the Embassy   in Copenhagen (Denmark) from 1992 to 1995; - Returned to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Rome as Head of the Office   for Latin America at the Directorate General for Economic Affairs and subse-   quently Head of the Office for Italian Nationals, Passports and Civil Status   Laws at the Directorate-General for Emigration and Social Affairs between   1995 and 1999; - First Counsellor (First Committee - Disarmament) and Head of Security at the   Permanent Representation at the United Nations in New York (USA) from   1999-2002; - Ambassador of Italy in Lusaka (Zambia) with accreditation also to Botswana   and Malawi, and to the Sub-Regional Organization COMESA (Common   Market of Eastern and Southern Africa) and SADC (Southern Africa Devel-   opment Community) from 2002 to 2006; - Returned to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Rome to the Office of the   Director General for Sub-Saharan Africa as Co-ordinator, first for the EU   Africa Working Group (COAFR), and then for the Joint Africa-EU Strategy   (JAES) between 2006 and 2010; - Ambassador in Accra from 8^th June 2010; - Awarded Italian Grand Medal of “Cavaliere Ufficiale dell’Ordine al Merito   della Repubblica” in 1994.