Antonio Ghio has been appointed non-executive chairman of the Malta Communications Authority.
His appointment follows the resignation of Philip Micallef, who is expected to take up a new post in Bermuda.
A practising lawyer for the past 11 years, Dr Ghio has been handling exclusively technology related matters including intellectual property, internet security, data protection and computer contracting.
He is a partner at Fenech & Fenech Advocates and heads its ICT Law Department.
Dr Ghio also lectures ICT Law and Cyber Crime at the University and has been a
member of the MCA board for the past four years.
He is expected to take up his post in the beginning of December.