Gino lives in Altona Meadows, a suburb of Melbourne, Australia. He is married to Grace, and they have three children and six grandchildren. He spent twenty-six years in corporate management in the field of sales and marketing until in 1998, he decided to retire from this and concentrate more on community-based activities. He was inducted into the office of Justice of the Peace by His Excellency, the Governor in Council, in 1999; and a few years later, he was appointed a civil celebrant by the federal attorney general.