Stefan Scheer (* 1958 in Regensburg) spent most of his professional life in northern Italy on Lake Maggiore, where he worked for the European Commission's research centre. Now that he is retired, he is also stuck there.

Independently of this, he already came into contact with Rome as a teenager. He has maintained his love for the city, its people and cultural assets ever since, and has even been able to deepen it over the years through several family connections there.