Born in 1963. Stockholm. Dr. in Political Sciences, International Affairs, University of Rome, March 1987. Employed by the Italian Foreign Ministry office in Rome, OECD representation in Paris. Special Assistant for UN deputy General Secretary Jan Mårtensson in Geneva. Employed by UN in Sarajevo. Member of the Board of Moderate party for Stockholm, since 2003. Entrepreneur Business. Co-founder-co owner, Italiantradition.com (srl), January 2000-January 2009. Co-founder-co owner Antico Borgo di Tabiano Castello, since January 2006. MEP since 2009.