Graduated in 1976 in Nuclear Engineering from the Polytechnic University of Milan, his career developed within the ANSALDO group, working in Italy and abroad on the design of plants built by ANSALDO.
In 2000, after a period as Head of Conventional Energy for Italy, he returned to the nuclear sector and, from 2007, served as Chief Executive Officer of Ansaldo Nucleare S.p.A. He stepped down from this role in May 2019, taking on the position of Chairman.
He is Vice President of the Italian Nuclear Association and a member of the Senior Industrial Advisory Panel of the Generation IV International Forum.