Cristina Sbaizero is the CEO of the World Trade Center Trieste, with more than 20 years of experience in international business development, corporate strategy, change management, public-private partnerships, and global event organization within the WTCs network. Through her efforts, WTC Trieste hosted the WTCA Spring Meeting in 2000 and the WTC European Regional Meeting in 2017 and 2018.

Cristina Sbaizero represents the World Trade Center Trieste internationally –a division of SAMER Group- having attended almost all the meetings, constantly promoting networking and new business opportunities for the benefit of the WTC Members. She is an expert in financial supporting instruments for SMEs at European, national and local levels. Her primary professional skills are focused on innovative start-up companies, disruptive innovative solutions, and business models.

In addition to these responsibilities, Cristina Sbaizero actively volunteers by sitting on professional boards and organizations, including the Trieste Rotary Club, the Trieste Circle of Culture and Arts, and the Milano Committee for the Internationalization of the Association of the Chartered Public Accountants.

Cristina Sbaizero began her career in 1997 at the UNIDO (United Nations Industrial Development Organization) in Vienna by creating the marketing guide and monitoring the budget for launching and further implementing the "Cleaning Production Centres Program" in Europe. She holds M.Sc./MBA degrees from Trieste University of Economics in Italy.

Cristina is fluent in English, German, and Italian.