Roberto Colanzi

Roberto has extensive experience in industry analysis, research and policy
setting. He has worked as a senior industry analyst with a major industry
association in Melbourne, Victoria. The major focus of the association was
representation of businesses in the retail automotive industry. Roberto was
responsible for:

  • Economic analysis particularly of federal and state government fiscal and
    monetary policies
  • Analysis of government industry, automotive and small business policy, and
  • Competition and trade practices analysis.

He also represented the association on various national economics committees.
Throughout 1999 to 2002 he worked extensively on analyzing and modeling the
affect of the GST and related taxation reforms on the retail automotive industry
and small business sector in general.

Roberto has also worked as a policy adviser for a major Australian accounting
association.

Roberto is also a Board member of the Small Business Telecommunications
Centre Ltd, a national association advancing and representing the interests of
Australian small businesses as consumers of telecommunications and electronic
commerce providers. (www.setel.com.au) In 2000-2001 Roberto sat on the
Australian Domain Name Authority (AUDA) Competition Panel, which established the framework for the regulation of Internet domain name registrations.

He completed his Masters in Industrial and Employee Relations through the
National Key Centre in Industrial Relations at Monash University, in 2000,
concentrating on industry and economic issues. On completion, he received the
award as the Top Graduating Student in Monash University’s Department of
Management Masters programme. In December 1998, he completed a Graduate Diploma Corporate Directors through University of New England, and is a member of Australian Institute of Corporate Directors. He completed his B.A (Hons),
through the University of Tasmania in 1990.

Roberto is also a regular contributor to a number of industry magazines, and
industry Internet sites such as IndustrySearch.com.au.