Simonetta De Paoli
Chairperson
Master’s in Foreign Languages and Literature (University of Pisa)
Manager of PLIDA certification centre & PLIDA examiner
Teaching Italian as a foreign language – L2-DILS-PG II
Committee member since 2010
Federica Za
Vice President
Master’s in Clinical Psychology (University of Padova)
Managing Director at Società Dante Alighieri Cape Town
Committee member since 2004
Marta Bianconi
Treasurer
Accountant
Tax practitioner
Committee member since 2010
Alessandra Fogliati
Accountant for Società Dante Alighieri
Registered South African Tour guide
Committee member since 2010
Nicoletta Mattioli
Master’s in Economics (Bocconi)
Master’s in Philosophy (Statale di Milano)
Head of Marketing for I&J
Committee member since 2015
Annalisa Guerci
Financial manager
Accountant
Comittee member since 2010
Sara Viglietti
Honour’s in Communication Sciences (University of Sassari)
Corporate Training Manager at Delphina Hotels and Resorts
Committee member since 2012
Giorgia Nicolò
PhD candidate in Social Policies (University of Cape Town)
Programme Manager and Cape Town Representative at the Italian-South African Chamber of Commerce and Industry
Committee member since 2025
Valentina Russo
PhD in Systems Engineering (Sapienza University of Rome)
Senior Engineer at the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR)
Committee member since 2025