Mario Spiteri has been appointed president of the Malta Business Bureau, taking over from George Vella who held the post for two years.
Mr Vella will still be involved as a member of the board of directors.
Mr Spiteri is an entrepreneur and is involved in tourism, insurance, local and international real estate, and financial and management consultancy. Throughout his career he has worked in senior management roles, predominantly in the financial services sector. For many years, he served on various committees of constituted bodies.
Directors Anton Borg and George Micallef have relinquished their post, and will be replaced by new vice president Anthony Zahra, and John Vassallo. Charles Brincat and Charles Zahra were both re-elected for another term.
Pharmacist elected president of European Association
Lilian Azzopardi was elected president of the European Association of Faculties of Pharmacy during its annual conference being held in Slovenia. Prof. Azzopardi is the head of the University’s Department of Pharmacy and has been actively leading developments in pharmacy education.
LGA appoints management team
A new executive management team has been appointed at the Lotteries and Gaming Authority. Paul Fenech is chief officer for strategy and business planning, Dominic Micallef is chief officer for investigations and enforcement, Vincent Marmara is chief regulatory officer, Edwina Licari is chief legal officer, Heathcliff Farrugia is chief operations officer and Carlo Mifsud is chief financial officer.
New partner at VCA
VCA, a boutique firm of accountants, has taken Alice Losco on as a partner of the firm.
Ms Losco joined VCA in 2005 and her experience covers auditing, quality standards and procedures within the audit department and internal training programmes for audit staff.
Mifsud Bonnici appointed Med Bank director
Frederick Mifsud Bonnici has been appointed to the board of directors of Mediterranean Bank as a non-executive director.
Mr Mifsud Bonnici spent 42 years with PricewaterhouseCoopers and currently holds the post of non-executive chairman of Blevins Franks Trustees and Blevins Franks Gamma. He was deputy chairman and subsequently chairman of the Malta Stock Exchange between 1990 and 1999 and chairman of Bank of Valletta and its subsidiaries between 2012 and 2013.
New CEO for Valletta Cruise Port
Valletta Cruise Port has appointed Stephen Xuereb as the chief executive officer, taking over from John Portelli who has been at the helm of the over the past five years.
Mr Xuereb played a central role in Valletta Cruise Port plc’s success since its inception as Viset in 2002, serving as chief finance officer since 2009. He oversaw the financing of the €37 million project, as well as playing an active role in developing the cruise line business in Malta. He is also responsible from the travel retail operations within the group.
Directors appointedto MIA
Following the recent AGM, Malta International Airport’s directors up to the next annual general meeting are Michael Bianchi, Nikolaus Gretzmacher, Yousef Sabeh and Alfred Quintano as non-executive directors, with CEO Markus Klaushofer, deputy CEO and CFO Austin Calleja and CCO Alan Borg as executive directors. The Malta Mediterranean Link Consortium appointed Karl Dandler as non-executive director, replacing Michael Hoeferer, whose term of office came to an end at this AGM.