· Deputy Mayor for urban planning at the municipality of Rome
· Associate Professor at the Faculty of Architecture at the Universita degli Studi di RomaTre
· PhD in Architecture and Urban Design

· Participated in the various national projects and researches on spatial policy support systems of housing and urban development for the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport of Republic of Korea in Korea Land and Housing corporation(LH)
· worked as a staff secondent in Safer Cities Programme, UN-Habitat in 2018. In 2020, he joined at the department of smart city research of the Seoul Institute of Technology as a research fellow

· Joined ICLEI in 2008 as Director International Programs and was based in Jakarta for 7 years coordinating climate change and disaster risk reduction programs with cities in Indonesia and other parts of Asia.
· Managed projects funded by the Rockefeller Foundation, German Government and European Union
· In 2015, returned to Australia to take up the position of Regional Director.
· Before joining ICLEI, held senior management positions in Australian local governments for over 20 years.

· Senior Advisor to the Mayor of Athens
· Senior Fellow and Consultant at the Atlantic Council’s AARF Resilience Center
· Chief Resilience Officer of Athens part of the Global Resilience Cities Network
· Former Deputy Mayor for the City of Athens