Corporate ID Group has announced three new appointments and the opening of an EU Affairs office in Brussels.
Ylenia Micallef Grimaud, as EU Affairs Advisory Partner, will be heading and coordinating the EU Affairs Unit within the newly set up Diplomatique.Expert.
Dr Micallef Grimaud graduated as a lawyer in 2005 and holds a Master’s in European and Comparative Law. Between 2005 and 2009 she worked as a lawyer with the European Commission’s Legal Service and in the European Parliament’s Tabling Office. On her return to Malta in 2010, she joined MSV Life plc’s legal and compliance unit.
Jesmond Saliba, executive chairman of Corporate ID Group said: “The rapid changes occurring on every level from the international stage to the smallest community only highlight the need for more informed opinion and broader perspectives. Corporate ID Group set out to create this space where specialists can speak freely and where the interested public can turn to. The pool of experts and level of expertise at Diplomatique.Expert has been also strengthened through an alliance with geo-political consultant Matthew Bugeja.”
Mr Bugeja read for his Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees at the University of Malta. He has worked in both the private and public sectors in personal and public finance, while lecturing on a biennial basis at the University of Malta’s Department of International Relations as a visiting assistant lecturer.
Isabelle Micallef Bonello will be the executive director of the recently launched Advocacy for Legacy initiative. Since the launch of its concept, Advocacy for Legacy has gathered a momentum and attracted over 150 professionals from all spheres of life with the aim of developing initiatives and programmes of preventive nature to empower children.
Ms Micallef Bonello graduated B. Com. in management and later received her MBA. She worked as a business executive with the Institute for the Promotion of Small Enterprise and later joined the eMalta Commission as a research assistant to work on the design and implementation of Malta’s ICT strategy. In 2004 she joined the Information Society Secretariat within the Ministry for IT and Investment in charge of the implementation of ICT within the business community.
Nathanael Muscat has been appointed content, PR and media relations executive within the strategic communications arm of Corporate Identities Group. Mr Muscat graduated in international marketing and brand management from the Lund School of Economics and Management in Sweden.