Born in 1968, Southern Italy. He obtained a Law Degree in 1991 and specialised in civil law in 1994. He entered the Italian Lawyer Association in 1995. He worked in the Italian Central Bank from 1995-2014. He was Vice-President of the Campania Regional Committee for Tourism, Agriculture and Economic & Development from 1995 to1996, and President of the Committee of Campania Regional Reform from 1999 to 2000. He was also President of Professional Standards and Integrity Committee of the Campania Region in the year 2000. He was a Quaestor for the Campania Region Human Resources Department in 2005. Between 2010-2012, he was President of the Campania Regional Centre-Right Political Group ‘Popolo della libertà'. He was Advisor on economic & development issues to the President of the Campania Region between 2012 and 2014 and Regional Minister for Economy and Development in 2013 and 2014. MEP since 2014.