Carmine America
Before founding Prima Sidera, Carmine served as a Board Member at Leonardo, Italian multinational company specializing in Aerospace, Defense and Security. Within the Leonardo Board, he was a member of the Nominations and Governance Committee, as well as the Sustainability and Innovation Committee.
Previously, he held the position of Advisor to the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Italy on International Security and Defense. In his office, he was a member of the Advisory Committee for the authorization of exports controls, as well as a member of the Interministerial Committee for the attraction of foreign investments in Italy.
Before that, he served as Advisor for International Relations to the Minister of Economic Development and Deputy Prime Minister of Italy. At the Ministry of Economic Development, he was appointed as a member of the Committee for the Development of the Aerospace Industry and represented the Ministry in the National Space Council in Palazzo Chigi (2018-2019).
As an Advisor to the Minister of Foreign Affairs, he was a member of official delegations in bilateral meetings with numerous international counterparts, participating in meetings with the U.S. Secretary of State, the Secretary-General of NATO, and the Foreign Ministers of France, Israel, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Bahrain, Egypt, Turkey, Algeria, Lebanon, India, and others.
During his tenure as Advisor to the Minister of Economic Development in 2019, he participated in official meetings with the U.S. Secretary of Commerce and the Secretary of Energy. He also attended official meetings on Italy-USA cooperation in cyber security at the U.S. Department of State, the Pentagon, and the Department of Homeland Security.
Alumnus of Bologna Business School, Executive Master in Business Administration (EMBA), he holds a postgraduate Master’s degree in Geopolitics and Global Security from Sapienza University of Rome, as well as a postgraduate Master’s degree in Economic Security, Geopolitics, and Intelligence from SIOI. He graduated in Law from the University of Urbino. He is also a member of the Councilors Program at the Atlantic Council in Washington DC.
