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Qualified lawyer with 10+ years of post-qualification experience, backed by 25+ years of hands-on IT experience.
As Head of Product Privacy & Ethics at PagoPA, leads the data protection, artificial intelligence, and open source compliance strategy for Italy’s most critical Digital Public Infrastructure (DPI), serving tens of millions of citizens.
Combines a strong grounding in civil law fundamentals with rare technical fluency and lateral thinking, bridging the gap between complex regulatory frameworks and technology. Possesses subject-matter expertise in data protection, cybersecurity, artificial intelligence, and intellectual property, including IAPP certifications in privacy and AI governance (AIGP, CIPM, CIPT).

  • 2023 oct - PresentHead of Product Privacy & Ethics (PagoPA, Rome, Italy)

    Lead a team of specialized privacy and technology counsels, embedding Privacy-by-Design across Italy's core Digital Public Infrastructure (DPI) ecosystem, including the mobile app IO (15M+ active users annually), the Italian EU Digital Identity Wallet (IT-Wallet), the digital payment platform (pagoPA), the digital notifications platform (SEND), and the interoperability platforms for Italian (PDND) and European (Knodia) public bodies. Provide strategic legal advice and guidance on data protection, artificial intelligence, and open source, contributing to the development of corporate governance and strategy in those fields. Represent PagoPA in the EU OSPO Network and in the Fondazione per la Sostenibilità Digitale’s legal affairs working group.

  • 2022 apr - 2023 sepProfessional Privacy & Tech Counsel (PagoPA, Rome, Italy)

    Partnered directly with engineering and product teams to identify, analyse, and mitigate legal and privacy risks throughout the product lifecycle. Focused specifically on electronic identification, digital payments and customer experience monitoring, delving into cryptography, pseudonymization and anonymization techniques. Responsibilities included conducting rigorous compliance reviews for new products or features, and authoring Data Protection Impact Assessments (DPIAs) and other privacy documentation (RoPAs, TIAs, LIAs, notices).

  • 2015 nov - 2022 marQualified lawyer & Data Protection Officer (Turin Bar Association, Italy)

    Litigated civil, tax and administrative cases, and advised individuals, public bodies and private companies on data protection, freedom of information, tech law, property law and inheritance matters. Concurrently, served as the Data Protection Officer (DPO) for both the Turin and Asti Notary Councils from 2018 to 2022. During legal practice, served as an appointed member of the Turin Bar Council's Scientific Commission (2016-2017) and the Informatics Commission (2019-2022).

  • 2010 - 2015Early career

    Began legal career with comprehensive training in civil law and notary practice, as a Trainee Notary at Studio Notarile Ferraris and, subsequently, as a Trainee Lawyer at Studio Legale Valas in Turin, Italy.

 

  • 2025 AIGP - Artificial Intelligence Governance Professional (IAPP - International Association of Privacy Professionals)
  • 2025 CIPM - Certified Information Privacy Manager (IAPP - International Association of Privacy Professionals)
  • 2023 CIPT - Certified Information Privacy Technologist (IAPP - International Association of Privacy Professionals)

 

 

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Conferences, Lectures and Seminars

  • 2021-12-15The main cyber threats and how to defend against them (theory and practical cases) (Turin, Italy)

    Seminar (online) at the "Dialogues in digital awareness: a secure computerized study" conference organised by the Turin Bar Association Council, Informatics Commission.

  • 2021-10-07Writing about law: word processing and automated drafting of legal documents; interoperability and security in document transmission processes (Milan, Italy)

    Lecture to the Single-cycle Master's Degree Course in Law, University of Milan, “Computer legal skills” course - Prof. Pierluigi Perri.

  • 2021-10-06The jurist and the current technology landscape. Legal tech, cloud computing, big data (Milan, Italy)

    Lecture to the Single-cycle Master's Degree Course in Law, University of Milan, “Computer legal skills” course - Prof. Giovanni Ziccardi.

  • 2021-03-18Civic Hacking and Open Data: a democratic revolution? (Milan, Italy)

    Seminar (online) organised by Legal Hackers Milan during Milano Digital Week 2021.

  • 2021-03-10Messaging services and privacy - do we need to worry? (Verona, Italy)

    Seminar (online) organised by the Verona Order of Engineers (“Cybersecurity 2021” cycle).

  • 2021-01-22im irl – instant messengers in real life (Rome, Italy)

    Webinar organised by the Cyber Saiyan Association (RomHack Conference organizer).

  • 2020-10-22The reception of clients and participation in meetings remotely (Milan, Italy)

    Lecture (online) to the Single-cycle Master's Degree Course in Law, University of Milan, “Computer legal skills” course - Prof. Pierluigi Perri.

 

 

 

Media appearances