Francesca Alicata is the Head of External Relations at SIMEST. She is a facilitator that works with organizations and companies, and her role is to support them and assist them in securing funding. She is also a Member of the MPMI working group for Small and Medium enterprises. She dedicated many years to International Relations. She manages relations of SIMEST with public and private institutions, such as the Ministry of Economic Development, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Italian Trade Commission, the Confederation of Italian Industries, and the foreign diplomatic network related to promoting Italian companies in emerging markets. She has managed over 50 government-sponsored trade missions in partnership with the Confederation of Italian Industries across North Africa, the Middle East, Asia, and Latin America.