He is member of the Scientific and Steering Committee of the Monetary Analysis Laboratory at Catholic University of Milan. He has recently been Visiting Professor at the University of Siena. He previously was an Economist in the Research Dpt. of Banca Commerciale Italiana - BCI (now Banca Intesa SanPaolo). He graduated at Bocconi University (Laurea in Economics) and at the University of Pennsylvania (M.A. in Economics).