- Born on 19 April 1925 in Treviso, died 15 February 2011 in Rome, Italy

- Nationality: Italian

- Judge at the Milan Court of First Instance (1950‒1958)

- Official at the Directorate-General for Competition of the Commission of the European Economic Community (EEC) (1958‒1960)

- Principal Private Secretary to the Vice-President of the EEC Commission, Giuseppe Caron, responsible for Information and the Internal Market (1960‒1961)

- Spokesman for the EEC Commission (1961‒1967)

- Director of the Press Office of the EEC (1961‒1979)

- Spokesman for the Commission of the European Communities (1967‒1979)

- Special Adviser to the European Communities and Chairman of a group of experts responsible for drawing up a report on the establishment of a European Foundation (1979‒1982)

- Chairman of the Preparatory Committee of the European Foundation (1982‒1987)

- Vice-President of the Institute for Research and Information on Multinationals (IRM) (1986‒1989)

- European Affairs Adviser to French and Italian television companies and press agencies (1989‒2011)