Minister Plenipotentiary, Deputy Director General for Public and Cultural Diplomacy, Central Director for the Promotion of Italian Culture and Language, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation
Author of Placemaking. Creare luoghi vivi, amati, attraenti, winner of the Il Sole 24 Ore literary prize for economic and social non-fiction works 2024
Professor Emeritus of Management and Former Dean in the Graduate School of Business, Stanford University and Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences Laureate 2001