Studied at the Catholic University of Milan and the University of Cambridge. Has worked for nearly 20 years with Reuters as reporter, editor and senior team leader. Former: Asia Finance Editor, with a focus on China; Italy's Chief Financial Correspondent throughout the euro zone crisis; Senior Correspondent, Zurich, covering Swiss banks during the global financial meltdown and the fall of Swiss bank secrecy. Since January 2017, columnist, Breakingviews, Hong Kong. Writes about financial regulation and banking, EU-Asia trade and M&A flows and Hong Kong tycoons. Author of a series of in-depth reports about Vatican and China.