Professor John Mamo has been appointed Commissioner to coordinate Malta's participation in EXPO 2015, which will be taking place in Milan, Italy.
The appointment was made by Chris Cardona, Minister for Economic Affairs.
Prof Mamo served as professor of commercial law at the University of Malta and in 2002 was appointed Data Protection Commissioner.
He is an honorary consultant for Mamo TCV and chairman or director of various local companies representing Fiat/Chrysler and Hyundai.
EXPO 2015 will be held between May 1 and October 31, 2015. The theme will be ‘Feeding the planet energy for life.'