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He started his career in 1975 at Tecmo in Volpiano (Turin), a company producing pressing machines.
In 1979, he joined the Fiat Group as Head of Foundry Machinery and Plants Purchasing at Teksid. He subsequently held positions of growing responsibility at Fiat Allis (Head of Purchasing, Head of Fiat Allis Brazil), Fiat Geotech (Head of Agricultural Machinery) and in 1992 he was appointed Vice President Tractors Production and assigned responsibility for the integration of Fiat and Ford New Holland into the newly established Agricultural and Construction Equipment Sector. In 1993, he became Vice President of New Holland’s Agricultural Machinery Industrial Division in charge of engineering, manufacturing and purchasing. He was head of Fiat Ferroviaria from 1996 to 1999 when he took on responsibility for Fiat Auto in Latin America.
He returned to Italy at the beginning of 2002 as head of the Fiat/Lancia/Light Commercial Vehicles Business Unit of Fiat Auto and in 2004 he was appointed Head of Purchasing at Fiat Auto. In 2006, he also took responsibility for the Group Purchasing Coordination.
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