Former technical director Mark Abela has been appointed chief executive officer of the Malta Institute of Accountants (MIA), reporting to a new president and council.
A Certified Public Accountant, Mr Abela joined the MIA in 2012, having previously worked with PricewaterhouseCoopers (now PwC), the Ministry of Finance, the European Financial Reporting and Advisory Group in Brussels and with Deloitte Malta.
The CEO’s role was created following changes to the MIA Statute made at the 2014 AGM. He reports to the newly-elected president Franco Azzopardi, who is taking over from outgoing president Maria Micallef who served for two years.
The rest of the new council members are Etienne Borg Cardona, Simon Flynn, Maria Micallef, Noel Mizzi, William Spiteri Bailey (vice president) and Franz Wirth, who were elected for the term 2015 – 2017. These joined the other seven council members elected at the 2014 annual general meeting: Fabio Axisa (secretary), Christopher Balzan, David Delicata (treasurer), Anthony Doublet, Hilary Galea-Lauri, Ivan Grixti and Stephen Paris.