Associate Professor of Business Economics at the University of Palermo, Adjunct Professor at the Beijing Institute of Technology, with experiences as a visiting professor at various international institutions. Ph.D. in Business Administration from IESE Business School in Barcelona. He has obtained certifications in various fields, including Strategy, Systems Thinking, Marketing Management, and Sustainability and Circular Economy, at SDA Bocconi, Cambridge Judge Business School, and MIT. He is among the founders of the International Family Enterprise Research Academy and a member of the Real Academia Europea de Doctores. An author and international speaker in the field of Family Business, he has collaborated with consulting firms such as Ambrosetti, “The FBCG”, and IFC – World Bank Group. He has provided assistance and consultancy to numerous family businesses and entrepreneurial families in Europe, Latin America, China, Southeast Asia, the Middle East, Sub-Saharan Africa, and Australia.