About us

FIRSTonline 12 years in business

FIRSTonline is an independent web journal of economics, finance and stock exchange published by the publishing company “AL Initiatives Publishing Srl“, with registered office in Rome, in via Ovidio, 20. Founded and controlled by Ernesto Auci e Franco Locatelli, is owned by three minority shareholders: the heirs of Andrea GilardoniAlexander Pavesi e Laura Rovizzi. The site and its applications are created on a daily basis by two agile editorial offices – one in Milan and one in Rome – and by an innovative and effective team of innovation and web managers.


Ernesto Auci

Born in Rome on 9 February 1946, he became a professional journalist in 1970. After a brief initial experience at Il Globo, he moved to Milan to The Sun 24 hours where he remained until 1980, reaching the title of deputy director. After a move to the European Championship and to Il Mattino in Naples, in 1984 he became head of external relations for Confindustria with the Lucchini presidency. In 1992, at the end of the Pininfarina presidency, he moved to Fiat as communication manager. In 1997 he became director of Il Sole 24 Ore of which in 2001 he assumed the role of managing director. In 2003 he assumed the position of managing director of Itedi and de The print and in 2005 he moved to Fiat as head of institutional relations.

Franco Locatelli

Founding partner, administrator and managing director of FIRSTonline. Milanese by birth, he has always worked between Milan and Rome. He began planning an online journal of economic and financial information the day after its release, in the spring of 2010, by Il sole 24 ore, where he spent more than 25 years, was the head of the editorial board Finance and Markets and columnist and has commented on the most important economic and financial events since the mid-XNUMXs. For the publisher O lschki he wrote two stories of local banks of Tuscany, the first of which with the art historian Antonio Paolucci. In 2014 you published with Ugo Calzoni the essay "Empires without dynasties” published by the Massetti Rodella press company. The president of the Republic Sergio Mattarella awarded him the honor of Knight of Merit of the Italian Republic.

Clare Gilardoni

Clare Gilardoni

Born in Milan in 1982, she obtained a Degree in International Economics and Management and a Master of Marketing at theBocconi University of Milan. Since 2006 you have held roles of increasing responsibility in product marketing for three major telephony players (H3G, Fastweb and Vodafone), dealing with offerings and pricing in both B2B and B2C. In 2018 she moved to Austin, Texas, where she continued the product marketing management path in an international arena and with a global focus, in Expedia first and then in LanguageLine Solutions, a group company Teleperformance. Already on the board of Agici Corporate Finance from 2010, in 2021 he takes over the leadership of the company.

Laura Rovizzi

Economist, expert in strategies for the development of innovative services and in the regulation of the electronic communications sectors. She worked in Olivetti, Omnitel, Enel e wind, where she has long been responsible for the internet and multimedia activities and the portal Free rider. She was a member of the Superior Council of Communications. She is currently she is a partner of Open Gate Italy, a company specializing in institutional and regulatory consultancy for the ICT and Media sector.

Alexander Pavesi

Alexander Pavesi

Milanese, studied law, he was Head of the Group's Press Office Pirelli, the Italian Credit,Olivetti, Director of Communications of Ina Assitalia and Head of External Relations of the Italian Stock Exchange until 2009. He was press officer and spokesperson for the Secretary of the Treasury Piero Barucci in the Amato and Ciampi governments from 1992 to 1994. From 2008 to 2013 he was President of the Communication Commission of theItalian motor racing. Rally co-driver still active, has been 5 times Italian Rally Champion (the first time in 1979) with over 30 victories in his palmares. In 2013 he joined the Board of Directors of Lifonti & Company where he held the position of Vice President. He currently works as a communication consultant for some Italian and foreign companies.


The FIRSTonline team

Lorenzo Gennari

Graduate Computer engineering, manages the web production of FIRSTonline. After a long experience like systemist e IT consultant as early as the end of the 90s, he began to take an interest in scientific communication and dissemination. He was content editor for the networks HTML e Blogo (Triboo SpA) to then cover the role of IT manager of the news agency"the Velino". Journalist publicist since 2011, specialized in the creation of guides, tutorials and insights in the specific ICT sector. A former swimming athlete, he carried out national level activities in his youth. Currently Personal Trainer, instructor of kitesurfing, diving and freediving.

Hugh Bertone

Born in Turin in 1953. Long-time journalist first at Sun 24 Hours, then to Print as central editor-in-chief and as head of the Milan office. Former director ofStock Exchange and Finance”, he directed the editorial activities of the Italian Association of Financial Analysts for five years. He collaborates with the paper, Free rider e Arbitrator.

Vittoria Patane

Vittoria Patane

Sicilian, journalist. Master's Degree in Publishing and Scripture at the University "La Sapienza" and a master's degree in Multimedia information and political-economic journalism at the "Business School of Sun 24 Hours“. He has been collaborating with various online newspapers for a few years, mainly dealing with politics and economics.

Valentina Nubola

Valentina Nubola

Born in Rome in 1991. After having obtained themaster's degree in Economics at the Roma Tre University he spent a period in Australia where he worked as manager in the sector of Catering. In addition to being part of the newspaper's desk, he writes for the Food section and related topics . Northern Sardinia is his second home and padel is his favorite pastime.

Maria Teresa Scorzoni

Maria Teresa Scorzoni

Born in Bologna, he has a law degree and is a journalist. First editor of the agency Say, then collaborator of the Sun 24 Hours, then head of external relations of Nomisma. Today he collaborates with FIRSTonline and writes small guides for the publishing house Astraea. Play golf and burraco.

Gabriella Bruschi

Gabriella Bruschi

Milanese, graduated, professional journalist since 1986. After collaborating with newspapers and magazines on various topics, she began her apprenticeship at the Financial Letter of theEspresso with Giuseppe Turani. In 1987 she switched to Milano Finanza participating in its birth and development. In 1991 it moved to Reuters Italy where she remained until 2014 as deputy head of service at the Treasury desk. Specific skills: international financing, sovereign and local public accounts, relations with the main institutions (ECB, Bank of Italy, Treasury), macroeconomics, international scenarios, real economy, companies, banks, insurance companies.

Unjust Nuncio

Unjust Nuncio

Born in Pomigliano d'Arco (NA), he has a degree in Political Science. Journalist, he started his career in the 80s. He worked for Unity, Evening country, the morning, Free rider, money, the reformist, EspressoSud. In his long career he has dealt with energy, the environment, the economy, Southern Italy. He was director of local periodicals and account manager in Eni and Italgas SpA. He was an elected member of joint committees, energy, environment, industrial development commissions. Former national councilor of the Order of Journalists and of the Public Relations Federation (Ferpi) is a member of the Italian Environmental Media Federation (FIMA) and of the Free Lance International Press (Flip). He is the author of “Mezzogiorno in bianco e nero” (Southern Horizons Editions). He won the "Calabria '79" journalism award and the “Nadia Toffa” Award 2022 edition. He writes for FIRSTonline and collaborates with HumaneWorldMagazine, ItaliaNotizie24 and TuttiEuropaVentitrenta.

Giuliano DeRisi

Giuliano DeRisi

Former managing director of the Italian Journalistic Agency (AGI). In 2014 he was appointed Special Advisor in charge of International Relations and Communication in Italy of theADA, Académie Diplomatique Africaine – International Coalition for Development. From 2011 to 2013 he was Editorial Coordinator of OIL, periodical of energy culture of Eni Group. He writes about food and wine on various portals, has collaborated with the Gambero Rosso restaurant guide and is the author of food and wine documentaries for Raitre. Heal the Food section by FIRSTonline.

Marika Lion

Marika Lion

He first worked in the sector of institutional communication and public affairs for art and culture. She is an expert in modern and contemporary art and the art market, after a significant experience in Bonaparte 48 (financial communication), move to the direction of Borgonuovo 12 (art services), at the head of both the Milanese gallery and the contemporary sculpture series editions Elect. Then enter Finarte Auction House to then become responsible for the communication of Benetton Foundation cultural initiatives, Villa Emo Foundation and finally Chief Executive Officer of artnetworth, a Milanese company providing services for art investments. Today he deals with Art Advisory in the financial and patrimonial area. Contract professor MASVIC Ca 'Foscari University of Venice. Independent curator of private collections and archives. He is responsible for Art section by FIRSTonline

Federico Rendina

Federico Rendina

He was born in Rome in 1954 and is professional journalist since 1982. He deals with technologies, economic policy, competition and liberalized markets. He has followed in particular the process of liberalization of telecommunications and energy. He worked at the newspaper The day, led the Rome editorial staff of the weekly Economic World and was special envoy of the Sun 24 Hours. He is the curator of the Tutorials section. He has an immoderate passion for do-it-yourself, motorcycles, orange soda, croissants, sailboats, the sport he practices (a good skier, he thinks he can get by at tennis but it's not true). He is one of the few Italians refractory to the game of football. Silvia married him. He lives between Rome and Milan.

Madeleine Tulanti

Madeleine Tulanti

Neapolitan, she founded in 2000 and directed until 2015 the Corriere del Mezzogiorno Puglia, local spine of the Corriere della Sera. Russian graduate with honors from the Istituto Universitario Orientale in Naples, an expert in international politics, she has lived in France and Russia. War correspondent for the Unit: in 1994 she was the first Italian journalist to be in Chechnya during the Russian invasion and the only one to have interviewed the rebel president Dudayev in the bunker of the presidential palace besieged by tanks in Moscow. Upon returning from Russia in 1998, she was appointed special envoy to follow the most striking events at home (the Sarno flood) and abroad (the Kosovo war). She is later appointed central managing editor of the paper. She will remain so until the closure of the newspaper on 2 July 2000. In October of the same year she is in Bari to open the spine of the Corriere della Sera.

Frederick Bertone

Frederick Bertone

Born in Milan on August 20, 1985, he attended the Faculty of Communications Science until 2008, when he embarked on a career as a sports journalist for the national broadcaster 7Gold. Professional journalist since 2012, currently leads the national broadcast "Live Stadium“. In recent years he has played various roles, such as the conductor of news broadcasts, the commentator, the correspondent on the fields, the ordinary editor and thecolumnist. She has always had a great passion for football and sports in general, she loves reading and travelling, loves cinema, music, art and technology.

Joseph Baselice

Giuseppe Vincenzo Baselice

Born in Napoli on 1 October 1980, he studied between Italy and France and then, starting from 2004, worked as a journalist between Milan and Rome. From 2011 to 2021 he was editor of FIRSTonline, with which he continues to collaborate from Sao Paulo, in Brazil, where he moved to live at the end of 2021. He currently also writes for other Italian newspapers and magazines, on the topics of political and economic current affairs in South America. She speaks French, Portuguese and English (in that order of level).

mario mancini

He has been dealing with the intersection of publishing and technology for more than thirty years with the company he co-founded, Thesis Contents. He participated in the project for the introduction of computers in Italy NeXT, designed by Steve Jobs after his exit from Apple. At the beginning of 2000 he contributed to the birth of the cinema portal MYmovies.it as a content developer. He has been involved in the project since 2009 goWare, a startup that experiences the new publishing at 360 degrees through ebooks, applications, and editions print-on-demand.

Silvano Bonini

Silvano Bonini "haunts" the Palazzo almost from the beginning of his professional career. Graduated in Political Sciences, parliamentary journalist, began to “Evening moment” as a reporter for “black” news, then moving on to “white” news and – after experiences in local news in Turin and “insiders” in “Paese sera” – he landed at the political-economic-speaking agency “Say” dealing with economics, following the Chamber, Senate and Palazzo Chigi with continuity and becoming editor-in-chief. He also worked in Rai, Gr3, collaborated with “Republic" and with numerous specialized publications.