Professor of Culture Economics, General Director at the Foundation FOQUS, an urban regeneration project in Naples; OECD analyst; project manager of the Future Forum of Udine. He was the director of the Napoli Teatro Festival in Italy from 2008 to 2011 and managing director of the Venice Biennale (Theatre, Music, Dance, Visual Art, Architecture) from 1998 to 2007. Renato is a consultant for development projects in the Southern Italy regions and international organizations. Renato received the Chevalier de l’Ordre des Arts des Lettres of the French Republic.