born Genoa,Italy
educated in Switzerland
fluent in English,French,Italian and German
German Abwehr agent 1939 (codename Roberto)
MI5 double agent 1940
codename CHEESE
Security Intelligence Middle East (MI5;Cairo February 1941-45
MI5 handler was Evan Simpson
married (1 son)
died 1954 Italy
subject of Double Cross in Cairo (Nigel West) (2015)
