Mario is currently the Project Coordinator (and Head of electoral component) for an EU funded project in Jordan and has overall more than 15 years of international experience spanning from development issues (particularly supporting civil society organizations), peace keeping missions, election observation missions and electoral assistance.

After completing a degree in Political Sciences, Mario worked with INGOs supporting civil society organizations in urban and rural settings in Central and Latin America. He was the Country Representative and Program Manager for an Italian NGO during three years in Brazil.

Since 2008 Mario has worked in different capacities with different organizations as member of around 25 Election Observation Missions, having acted as Long-Term Observer, Observer Coordinator, Election Analyst, Liaison Officer and Operations Expert. Mario was the Carter Center EOM Field Office Manager in Mozambique in 2014.

Mario has also worked as Logistic and Training Expert in an electoral technical assistance project. Apart from the degree, Mario holds an MBA and a Master in Geopolitics and speaks 5 languages.