Almirante. Diretor e Secretário-Geral eleito da OHI Organização Hidrográfica Internacional.

DIRECTOR, INTERNATIONAL HYDROGRAPHIC ORGANIZATION
September 2020 – Present

Leading global standards transition and expanding international outreach by coordinating the works of:

• Inter-Regional Coordination Committee (IRCC) and its subordinate bodies
• International Board of Standards of Competences (IBSC)
• General Bathymetric Chart of the Ocean (GEBCO)
• Cooperation with IOs/IGOs and Academic sector
• IHO Capacity Building Work Programme
• Advisory Board on the Law of the Sea (ABLOS)
• International Hydrographic Review (IHR)
• Regional Hydrographic Commissions (Mediterranean and Black Seas, Meso-American & Caribbean Sea, ROPME Sea Area, South-East Pacific and South West Atlantic)

DIRECTOR OF THE ITALIAN HYDROGRAPHIC INSTITUTE (IIM) AND NATIONAL HYDROGRAPHER OF ITALY
October 2015 – July 2020

Boosting innovation and leading best practices in:

• IIM operational procedures modernization
• Maritime safety and security enhancement
• Regional and international cooperation advancement
• Hydrography and marine geophysics education and training empowerment
• Arctic research programme “High North” climate change studies
• Ocean knowledge contribution

NAVAL LEADERSHIP
January 1989 – September 2015

Commanding Officer and Head of:

• Survey Vessel MIRTO
• Frigate ZEFFIRO
• Destroyer DURAND DE LA PENNE
• Financial Planning, the Operations and Logistics departments at the Italian Navy General Staff