Parliamentary Secretary Ian Borg has been named among Forbes's '30 Under 30' list of policy makers.

The 29-year-old parliamentary secretary for EU funds was among those nominated by the acclaimed magazine for the top policy makers category aged under 30.

Dr Borg handles the EU funds’ portfolio and preparations for the 2017 presidency of the European Council, the first time Malta will assume the rotating presidency.

Every one of the accomplished leaders in Forbes’s ‘30 Under 30’ was personally vetted by a panel of experts in their fields, namely Politico Europe’s executive editor Matthew Kaminski, formerly of the Wall Street Journal, the Financial Times and the Economist; Historian and professor Fabrice d’Almeida, and Italian politics expert Professor Roberto D’Alimonte.

The youngest member on the list, 22-year-old Italian Jacopo Mele, is the co-founder and president of Homo Ex Machina and is viewed as an expert on environmental and social issues.

Others include Lassana Bathily, the 25-year-old who is credited with saving the lives of several hostages in the Paris market two days after the Charlie Hebdo attack.

Published bi-weekly, the American magazine Forbes features original articles on finance, industry, investing, and marketing topics.