He joined Eni in 1997, starting his career in the technical areas of the Exploration & Production business holding positions of increasing complexity and seniority across different countries, up to the role of Managing Director in Kazakhstan in 2013 and subsequently in Angola in 2015. He held the positions of Executive Vice President for the Sub-Saharan Africa Region and then Director of Eni’s Upstream business. He took over as Chief Operating Officer Natural Resources in February 2022. Since October 2024, he has been appointed Chief Operating Officer Global Natural Resources as well as General Manager1, overseeing exploration activities, engineering, development and production of oil&gas, LNG and Power, Trading and Portfolio management, sustainable development, Carbon Capture and Storage, forestry and agro-feedstock and, lastly, to the realization of asset development projects. He has been appointed Chairman of Confindustria Energia, Italy's Federation of energy sector associations, in July 2023. He has been a Board Director of Vår Energi (since December 2021), Chairman of the Board of Directors of Azule Energy (since January 2026) and Chairman of the Board of Directors of Searah (since June 2026).