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