Nicholas Carè is CEO and Secretary General of Italian Chamber Of Commerce and Industry in Sydney. Carè has extensive experience in Australian international trade and finance for more than 25 years. Carè is also publisher, founder and editor-in-chief of Voi Tutti magazine, Australia’s leading Italian lifestyle magazine, published quarterly. He has been Director of Assocamerestero (worldwide association of the Italian Chambers of Commerce) and World Representative of the Secretary Generals since 2005; he has been Chairman of NuSep (a publicly-listed US and Australian-based biotech company), Member of SBS Community Advisory Committee, Board member of Italian Opera Foundation. He was conferred the title of Cavaliere (Knighthood) in the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic in 2006.

Duties and responsibilities:

• Plan communication and media strategies in order to promote the Chamber and its services overseas
• Write articles and reports for selected newspapers and magazines and look after their editing; organise commercials and interviews for Italian television/radio
• Prepare and control the issue of news and press releases in Italy and provide Italian media operators with pictures and useful information about the Chamber
• Update and monitor the website

Liz Pensini has been with the chamber since October 2011. She has worked in various administration positions for over 10 years. 

• Maintain and organise diary, appointments and travel arrangements for Chamber executives
• Organise meetings and conferences  
• Compose material for and develop the Chambers website and production of the e-newsletter  
• Assist with publication and production of Voi Tutti   
• Compose and oversee correspondence for the Chamber

Duties and responsibilities:

• Managing all the enquiries and information requests by both Italian and Australian companies
• Targeting buyers/partners
• Seeking importers/distributors
• Solving export matters (shipments, payments, customs, etc.)
• Providing companies with negotiation and marketing assistance
• Organizing, coordinating and managing inbound and outbound trade missions and trade show delegations

Silvia Selmo started at the Italian Chamber Of Commerce in May 2005. She has an Economic Degree from Luigi Bocconi University in Milan.

Duties and responsibilities:

• managing and promoting visitor and exhibitor trade delegations to both Italian and Australian trade fairs
• managing the logistics and distribution of Voi Tutti
• managing the Voi Tutti subscriptions and database
• managing the events logistics

Duties and responsibilities:

• manage the daily and monthly accounts functions
• correspond with customers and suppliers
• maintain the Chamber’s accounting records and system
• regularly liaise with the Chief Financial Controller on accounting matters