Full professor at the Department of Management, Information and Production Engineering, University of Bergamo. From October 2009 to September 2015, he served as chancellor at the University of Bergamo and from 2013 to 2015 he was president of CRUI. From 2016 to 2018, he was chairman of the Human Technopole Coordination Committee. On May 2, 2017, he was appointed extraordinary commissioner of Alitalia by the Council of Ministers. In 2021 he is appointed by President of the Republic Sergio Mattarella as Knight of the Grand Cross. Since 2021 he has been an advisor to the Minister of University and Research.