Leonardo has spent his career as a senior journalist steeped in international political and economic affairs.

Prior to joining Tancredi, Leonardo was the UK bureau chief of Il Sole 24 Ore, a position he held for a decade.

Leonardo focused his journalistic interests on European political and economic integration, and specifically on Central and Eastern Europe where he lived for five years (2004-2008).  He extensively travelled in former Soviet Union and Central Asia reporting on economics and political affairs.

Leonardo started his professional career at the newspaper Il Giornale. In 1988 he was appointed London correspondent before being assigned to Brussels where he

opened the EU bureau for the newspaper.

Leonardo has also been a senior consultant for the Philip Morris Institute.