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Born in Naples, Italy, on January 1, 1939. Married with two daughters.
L.L.B. (J.D.) equivalent, summa cum laude, Naples University School of Law, June 7, 1960.

ACADEMIC, SCIENTIFIC AND OTHER TITLES.

PhD in International Law equivalent (“Libera docenza”) in 1968.
Full professor of International Law at the Catholic University of Milan.
Author of many publications in the fields of public and private international law, international trade law.
Co-founder and co-editor of the law review “Diritto del Commercio Internazionale”.

PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUND

March 1961 to June 1964 – Patent licensing attorney - Montecatini SpA, based in Milan.
July 1964 to August 1978– General Counsel and Secretary of the Italian subsidiaries of General Electric Co. (USA) and, from July 1977, General Counsel – Europe Business Division   of General Electric, based in Brussels.
September 1978 to July 1980– General Counsel and Secretary of FIAT SpA, based in Turin.
August 1980 to September 1987– Division Counsel – International Construction Business Division of General Electric, Power Systems Group, based in the USA.
October 1987 to March 1998– Vice President and Senior Counsel – International of General Electric, based in London,
September 2002 – March 2003 – Member of the Board of Directors of FIAT SpA
April 1998 to present– Legal Consultant and Arbitrator in International Commercial Arbitrations.

OTHER ASSIGNMENTS

Chairman of the Stability Pact Anticorruption Initiative
Delegate of the Italian Government at the OECD Working Group on corruption (2001-2003).
Member of the International Advisory Board of Transparency International and founder of the Italian Chapter of TI.
Delegate of the Italian Government at the UNCITRAL Working Group on e-commerce.
Member of the Scientific Committee of the Edison Foundation.
Member of the Board of Directors of Nuovo Pignone SpA.

February 2005