Christine Fenech and Ruth Debrincat Tabone have been appointed to key senior positions within AIS Group.
Ms Fenech joined AIS Group two years ago from a leading Maltese beverage group, and speedily rose through the ranks at AIS and now manages the group’s financial multi-million portfolio.
Ms Debrincat Tabone heads the AIS Environment project team, handling all the environmental consultancy projects. Recent projects she was directly involved with include the Sicily-Malta interconnector project, air quality monitoring for Delimara Power Station, chemical and biological monitoring of inland and coastal waters, and ship waste impact assessment.
“Reaching the managerial hierarchy at AIS is a result of the individual’s own merits, strengths and determination. Today half of the top posts at our organisation are occupied by women. This simple statistic is clear evidence that the principles adopted in the group’s Equality Mark certification recently attained are actually implemented,” said group chairman Mario Schembri.
Set up in 1991, AIS Group is made up of multiple companies specialising in engineering, environmental consultancy and archaeological monitoring.
Director for Banif Bank (Malta) plc
Paulo Machado Fernandes has been made a director of Banif Bank.
Mr Machado Fernandes was part of the team responsible in setting up the Banif Bank project in Malta. Today he occupies the post of chief financial markets and investments officer with responsibilities for financial and management accounting, regulatory reporting as well as Treasury.
Mr Machado Fernandes participates in different working committees, both at international and national levels, including Banif Bank (Malta) plc and Banif Financial Group’s Committees.
He also sits on the Malta Financial Markets Committee and Malta Financial Stability Forum of the Central Bank of Malta.
New structure at Fortytwo
Fortytwo Group has undergone a reorganisation designed to allow the group’s co-founders, Erik Angelow, the group’s chief executive officer and Johan Persson, the group’s chief innovation officer, more time to focus on transforming innovative ideas into business opportunities that address the needs of the future.
Daily operations have been handed to Claire Cassar as chief commercial officer, handling the commercial function for the group and supported by Elken Calleja as head of marketing and Desiree Bone as chief commercial operations for one of its subsidiaries, Fortytwo Telecom.
Simon Harvey heads the finance area in his capacity as chief financial officer, supported by Theresa Caruana Saydon as head of finance. Kevin Panzavecchia heads the technology area as chief technology officer, Rachel Pool heads the human resources function as head of human resources and Denitza Dimitrova heads the legal team as head of legal.
Over the years, the group has diversified its portfolio of services, ranging from telecommunications and marketing to corporate services.