Political scientist, with a specialization in International Relations and Diplomacy. Born and raised in Italy, he lives in Costa Rica since 2004.
He has worked in the Organizing Committee for the Summit of Heads of State and Government of 2004, was Chief of Staff of the Ministry of Foreign Trade of Costa Rica from 2005 to 2006, Chief of Staff of the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry 2006 to 2007 and Chief of Staff of the Minister of Competitiveness from 2007 to 2010.
Since 2006 he has participated in the structuring of the Medical Tourism Cluster and the Retirement Living Cluster in Costa Rica. Since 2010 he serves as Executive Director of both PROMED (the Costa Rican Healthcare Chamber, previously Council for International Promotion of Costa Rica Medicine) and PRORETIRE (the Council for the Retirement Living Industry).
He is an international consultant to the Inter-American Development Bank IDB and has assisted public and private organizations in countries like Belize, South Korea, Argentina, Venezuela, Guatemala, El Salvador, Cuba.
Specialist in public-private partnership, cluster structuring, governmental relations.