Born in 1968, educated at St. Edward’s School Oxford, then graduated in Economics in Italy, he worked at Pilkington and further Gianni Versace SpA as Chief Financial Officer US, Canada and Mexico.

From 2000 to 2003 he held the position of Chief Financial Officer Division Internet Matrix, part of Seat / Telecom Italia Group. From 2003 to 2012 at Microsoft, where he started as Chief Financial Officer and then held various positions until his appointment as Chief Executive Officer in 2008.

From 2012 to October 2015 he held the position of CEO of RCS MediaGroup SpA. In October 2015 he joined Banzai, now ePRICE SpA, as CEO. Since 2018 he is Chief Commercial Officer at TIM.

He is currently member of Board of Directors of Oxfam Italia. He lives in Milan, is married and has two children.