Pasquale Salzano is Italy's new Ambassador to Qatar

Rome - Pasquale Salzano is the new Italian Ambassador to Qatar. The announcement was made by the Farnesina following the approval of the government of Qatar, after the Ambassador's appointment by the Council of Ministers. Mr Salzano, born in Pomigliano d'Arco in 1973, began his career as a diplomat in 1999. In 2011 he was seconded by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to Eni, where he was first in charge of International Institutional Relations and head of Eni USA's Representative office. In 2014, Mr Salzano served as Senior Vice President and later was appointed to the Governing Board as Executive Vice President for Government Affairs.

In 1996, he graduated in Law from the University of Naples 'Federico II', where he cooperated with Professor Benedetto Conforti, chair of International Law. He obtained a PhD in International Law from the University of Siena and passed the Bar exam. Among his diplomatic experiences, there was his position as Chief of Staff of the International OSCE Mission to Belgrade in 2011. In 2012, he established the Italian Liaison Office in Pristina, Kosovo, which is today the Embassy of Italy. In 2007, ahead of the Italian G8 Presidency, he was appointed Head of the Sherpa Office for the G8/G20. At the end of the Italian Presidency, he was then appointed Director of the Heiligendamm/L'Aquila Process at the OECD Secretariat in Paris. The process was launched by the G8 Countries in 2007 to promote a dialogue between the main emerging economies about global challenges and their commitment to act accordingly. In 2011, Mr Salzano was appointed a "Young Global Leader " by the World Economic Forum. He sits on the Italian board of the European Council on Foreign Relations.

Mr Salzano attended the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University, the Jackson Institute for Global Affairs at Yale University and the Oxford Institute for Energy Studies at Oxford University. He also wrote several publications on energy and geopolitics, and is the Chair of Gas Geopolitics at the LUISS Business School in Rome.