His career spanned roles in academia, public and private organizations, and his contributions to monetary policy and financial market infrastructure in the European Union (EU) were particularly notable.
[5] He was instrumental in Italy's return to the international issuers' market with a successful debt issue.
He served as chair of the Group on Cross-border Clearing and Settlement Arrangements in the EU, formed in 1996 by the European Commission.
He was also a Member of the Advisory Scientific Committee for the European Systemic Risk Board when it was created in 2011.
He considered his scaling of the Tofana di Rozes south wall, along the Alvera-Pompanin route as his best achievement as a climber.