Education
Bachelor of business administration with additional qualifications in management and marketing
Career
Business activities in finance and chemicals
Sports practised
Athletics, ice hockey, speed skating
Sports administration
Chairman of the Technical Committee (1973-1980) then Vice-President of the Italian Ice Sports Federation (1984-1988); referee for international competitions, world championships and Olympic Winter Games; member and Chairman of the International Skating Union (ISU) Technical Committee (1975-1992); member (1975-), Vice-President (1992-1994) then President (1994-) of ISU
IOC History
Member of the IOC, elected as President of an International Federation, from 1996 to 2016; Honorary Member since 2016; Member of the IOC Executive Board as representative of Winter IFs (2000-2008); Member as IF representative of the following Commissions: Olympic Movement (1994-1999), Olympic Solidarity (1994-2001), Coordination for the XIX Olympic Winter Games in 2002 in Salt Lake City (1996-2002), “IOC 2000” (Executive Committee, 1999), Marketing (2002-), TV Rights and New Media (2002-2015), "IOC 2000" Reform Follow-up (2002), Coordination for the XXI Olympic Winter Games in 2010 in Vancouver (2003-2010), Coordination for the XXII Olympic Winter Games in 2014 in Sochi (2007-2014), Coordination of the 1st Winter Youth Olympic Games in 2012 in Innsbruck (2009-2012), Coordination of the XXIII Olympic Winter Games in 2018 in PyeongChang (2011-)