Graduated in Economics and Commerce from the University of Modena, with a thesis on Economics and Industrial Policy, he has worked in consumer cooperation since 1992, first as Head of Training and Organisational Development and then as Head of Organisation and Management Control at Coop Consumatori Nordest. In 1997 he was appointed Director of the Emilia-Lombardy Supermarkets Division and in 2001 he was elected Chairman of the Board of Directors of Coop Consumatori Nordest. On 25 June 2013, he was appointed Chairman of Coop Italia, a position he will hold until 2023. From 21 December 2020, he was also appointed President of Ancc-Coop (Associazione Nazionale Cooperative di Consumatori - Coop), a role he still holds today. He was President of ADM for the three-year period 2020-2023.
