He began his career in 1974 at the Research Department of the Bank of Italy; in 1979, he moved to the Fiat Group where he held various positions in the finance departments; since 1986 he became Senior VP Finance of Fiat Group. In 1989 he was appointed Deputy General Manager of Banca Nazionale del Lavoro and the following year he became CEO of the bank until June 2003. From 2004 to 2007 he served as Chairman of the Fondazione La Biennale di Venezia. Currently, in addition to the chairmanship of Permasteelisa S.p.A., he is the Chairman of Eurovita S.p.A. and Fondazione Ugo e Olga Levi in Venice, Member of the BoD of Elica S.p.A., Genextra S.p.A., and Credito Fondiario S.p.A., Senior Advisor of Nomura and member of the Board of Assonime.

He began his career joining Josef Gartner GmbH in 1993, in 2002 he was promoted General Manager, and since 2012 he has served in different positions within the Permasteelisa Group.