BA in Economics (with major in International Economics) from Università Bocconi. PhD in International Law and Economics from Università Bocconi. MA in Economics (UC Louvain) and PhD in Applied Economics from KU Leuven.

I was Program Director of World Bachelor in Business. SDA Professor of Macroeconomics and International Business Environment within the Executive MBA programs, for which I have been awarded the ‘Best MBA Teacher’ prize. Visiting scholar at Paris School of Economics (Panthèon-Sorbonne, Paris, France), London School of Economics (Londra, Regno Unito), European Central Bank, KU Leuven (Lovanio, Belgium). Consultant on international trade and investment issues to the European Commission, the European Parliament, the Division of Investment and Enterprise of UNCTAD (UN - Geneva) and the European Central Bank. Member of the Group of Experts on Economic Policy with the Italian Office of the Prime Minister. Senior Research Fellow at the Institute of International Studies (ISPI), Milan; Non-Resident Fellow at the think-tank Bruegel, Brussels.