Stephen graduated at the Polytechnic of Turin in Engineering and hold an MBA from the SDA Bocconi. His professional life started in the ICT sector but he has been in the real estate industry for nearly twenty years now. Following ten years in Prelios (of which 6 in Germany as Managing Director of Prelios Deutschland with over €7.5 billion under management, he joined BNP Paribas Real Estate where he is responsible for the Real Estate Services in Italy that extend from Management (Property and Project) to Transaction (Capital Markets and Leasing) and Consulting/Valuation.