Luigi, a 40-year-old Neapolitan, has a bachelor's degree in business administration and a master's degree in Corporate Budgeting. He is married and has two children. Because of the way he fell in love with the Spanish market and the Spanish way of life, his second son is named Santiago.

Since October 2024, he has held the position of Vice President Worldwide Sales at Costa Crociere, with commercial responsibility across the following regions: Southern Europe (Italy, France, Spain, Portugal), where he maintains direct management; DACH (Germany, Switzerland, Austria); Americas (North and South America); and International (Northern and Eastern Europe and emerging markets).
Starting his career as a consultant at Ernst & Young Financial Business Advisor in Rome, Luigi joined Costa in 2011 at its Genoa headquarters in the Pricing & Revenue Management Department. Since then, he has held positions of increasing responsibility in various countries where the company operates. He first worked as Business Development & Pricing Director for Asia Pacific & Australia, living three years in Shanghai. He then returned to Europe as General Manager of Costa and AIDA brands for Austria & Switzerland, and later as General Manager Central Europe.
From 2019, he gradually assumed commercial responsibility for Costa in Spain & Portugal, France and Italy, until becoming Associate Vice President Southern Europe Region in 2023. Because of his extensive and direct experience in so many markets around the world, together with the consistent delivery of results, he was then promoted to Worldwide Sales VP in October of 2024.