He was born in Arezzo in 1962, he is married with two children, and has been Brother of the Misericordia of Arezzo since 1976. He graduated in Pedagogy at the University of Siena and then in Sciences of Economic and Financial Security at the University of Rome “Tor Vergata”. He has been active in the “Guardia di Finanza” (Italian Financial Police) since 1981 and he also served in the Information and Security Services of the Italian Presidency of the Council of Ministers. In February 1999, he has entered the Gendarmerie Corps of the State in the Vatican City as deputy commander, and he became Director of the Security and Civil Protection Services and Commander of the Gendarmerie Corps in 2006. He has been in charge of that service until 2019. Since 2020 he has been President of Eni Foundation. He has received many honorary merits from the Vatican, and also at national and international level. Currently he is also Ambassador of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta in Cyprus and Gambia.