An assistant lecturer at the University of Malta specialising in environmental law has been appointed as the new chief executive officer of the Environment and Resources Authority.

Dr Louise Spiteri studied at the University of Malta, where in 1999 she was awarded a degree in law and two years later she was awarded a degree in Public International Law.

Dr Louise Spiteri.Dr Louise Spiteri.

In 2000 she joined the public sector as a legal officer with the Department of Environmental Protection. In this role, she participated in the negotiation of a number of EU environmental laws. She was also appointed as Secretary of the National Board for Sustainable Development, established in March 2002.

In 2003 she joined the diplomatic body in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Here, she followed international legal issues and EU affairs. In 2005 she was engaged as lawyer linguist with the European Court of Justice and in 2007 she joined the Attorney General’s Office and dealt with EU negotiations and infringements brought infront of the same Court.

Between 2011 and 2013 she acted as president of the Council for the Professions Complementary to Medicine and President of the Appeals Committee. Currently, she is a member of the European Legal Experts Forum on Climate Change Adaptation.

Dr Spiteri published articles on environmental law and has also coordinated several EU projects and programs.

 

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