Profile
I was born in Palermo, Sicily in March 1960, from a lawyer Sicilian father (Maggiore) and a Dutch mother (van Beest).
I went to Vittorio Emanuele II high school of humanities, and then I graduated in Mechanical Engineering, Master Degree “magna cum laude” in 2016 at the University of Palermo.
After the military duty (Italy Army Corps of Engineers), I started working for EniChem SpA in 1988, Eni’s chemical company, as Assistant Project Engineer.
In March 1991 I moved to SnamProgetti SpA and grew through different roles of increasing responsibility: first as Project Engineer, then as Project Co-ordinator, thereafter as Deputy Proposal Manager, subsequently as Deputy Project Manager, then Contract Manager, thereafter Project Manager; my last assignment in SnamProgetti was as Proposal Manager.
In May 2001 I started my own consulting business up to December 2011.
In January 2012 I started my assignment as Managing Director of GICOTECNICA srl until July 2019.
From September 2019 I re-started my own consulting business.
My hobbies are sailing, swimming, trekking, book readings, jazz music, cooking and bricolage.
I volunteer in Milan, Italy with the International League for the Human Rights and with the Pane Quotidiano.
Since March 2012 I’m married to Nika.