Background
Born in Casino, New South Wales, he was the son of Victor Dominic Pezzutti and Helena Hilda Bazzo.
Born in Casino, New South Wales, he was the son of Victor Dominic Pezzutti and Helena Hilda Bazzo.
Pezzutti was trained as a medical practitioner and is a specialist anaesthetist. He joined the Liberal Party and was the foundation president of the Lismore Branch, serving from 1983 until 1990. He has been vice-president since this time.
In 1988, he was elected to the New South Wales Legislative Council, on which he served until his retirement in 2003.
While an MLC, he served in the Gulf War (1991), Bougainville (1995, 1998) and East Timor (1999). He was also Brigadier Assistant Surgeon General of the Australian Defence Forces from 2000 to 2004.