Former director of the Italian desk with the Merrill Lynch Bank, is the founding and managing Partner of the Associazione per lo Sviluppo di Strumenti Alternativi e di Innovazione Finanziaria (ASSAIF) the oldest Islamic finance consultancy in Europe. He manages NuoviStilidiVita, a consultancy firm on sustainability, financial and social inclusion, complementary currencies, and added territorial value. He is the Founder and President of Dulcarnon, a publishing house that aims to make accessible to the Italian public important texts on Islamic spiritual tradition.