Professional profile
Psychologist registered with the Italian National Register of Psychologists (TO no. 305, since 14/12/1989). Expert in sport and performance psychology with over forty years’ experience in professional sport and corporate training. A pioneer in the application of bio-neurofeedback to performance enhancement.
Qualifications
- MSc in Counselling Psychology
- PhD in Sport Psychology
- Master Trainer in Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP)
- Training in behavioural psychotherapy, hypnosis, brief psychotherapy and existential logoanalysis
Academic experience
- Lecturer on postgraduate courses in Sport Psychology – University of Siena
- Lecturer at the C.U.I. (Centro Universitario Internazionale) in Arezzo
- Professor – Università Besc Graduate College, Malta
Professional experience in sport
- Sport psychologist at AC Milan (1987–2009)
- Co-founder and scientific coordinator of MilanLab
- Creator and head of the MilanLab “Mindroom” (2000s)
- Director of Human Performance and assistant coach to Carlo Ancelotti – Chelsea FC (2009–2011)
- Director of Human Performance – Canucks HC (Vancouver, Canada, until 2013)
Personal sporting career
- Practised martial arts for around 20 years (until the 1980s)
- Karate master, 6th dan black belt
- Federal technical director and captain of the Italian National Karate Team
- Italian Champion several times
- European Champion (1975–1976)
- Competed in three World Championships
- Silver medal in free fighting: Los Angeles (1975) and Tokyo (1977)
- Member of the Associazione Atleti Olimpici e Azzurri d’Italia (Italian Olympians’ Association)
Consultancy and corporate experience
Management consultant for national and international companies, specialising in performance improvement and management development. Main activities:
- Developing management’s social skills (communication, negotiation, leadership, team building)
- Productive stress management and bio/neurofeedback training
- Problem solving, decision making, risk analysis
- Organisational climate and training needs analysis
- Development programmes for top and middle management
- Individual counselling, motivation and career profiling
- Coaching
- Conflict management and optimisation of group climate