 He was first appointed a "console dei placiti" and "socio" within a "società", a trading society, commercing with Sicily in 1158.In 1160, he was reelected with his brother and, in 1162, he was elected "console del Comune", the highest political post in the republic.On 9 June, he was at the court of the Emperor Frederick I to secure recognition of the Genoese commune.