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Frederick Mifsud Bonnici
Chairman, Non-Executive Director
Mr. Mifsud Bonnici was appointed as Director and Chairman of the Board in July 2017. He is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England & Wales and of the Malta Institute of Accountants. Mr. Mifsud Bonnici spent his professional career with PricewaterhouseCoopers, holding a number of positions and acting as a member of the firm’s Management Board. Between 2014 and 2017 he served as a Non-Executive Director and Chair of the Audit Committee of MeDirect Bank plc, and between 2012 and 2016 of Malita Investments p.l.c. He served as Non-Executive Chairman of Bank of Valletta p.l.c. and Mapfre MSV Life between 2012 and 2013, and as Deputy Chairman and subsequently Chairman of the MSE between 1991 and 1999. He has also served as senior lecturer in Auditing at the University of Malta for 30 years.
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Victor E. Agius
Non-Executive Director
Mr. Agius was elected to the Board in October 2018, after a diverse career in international investment, banking and development project finance. This included 23 years at the World Bank Group in Washington DC, 3 years at the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development in London and 17 years with the Council of Europe Development Bank in Paris. His work comprised extensive field mission leadership responsibilities to over 60 countries in Africa, East Asia, Middle East & North Africa, Europe and in Former Soviet Republics. Mr. Agius graduated with a B.A. Hons. (Economics) from the Royal University of Malta, holds an MBA from Manchester Business School and completed Senior Finance and Banking Executive programmes at the Wharton School of Finance and at the Stanford Graduate School of Business.
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Joseph C. Attard
Non-Executive Director
Dr. Ing. Attard has over 25 years of local and international experience in the Information and Communication Technology (ICT) sector. He was elected as Director of the Bank in July 2018. Between 2015 and 2020 he was the Chief Technical Officer of GO p.l.c.. Between 2007 and 2015 he was the Chief Technology Officer of Emirates International Telecommunications LLC. Dr. Ing. Attard holds a Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering (Hons) from the University of Malta, a Masters of Sciences (M.Sc) in Operational Telecommunications from the University of Coventry (UK) and a Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in Telecommunications Engineering from University College London (UK). He has regularly lectured at University College London on ICT topics.
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Franco Azzopardi
Non-Executive Director
Mr. Azzopardi was elected on the Board of Directors in September 2008. He is a professional director and a registered fellow member of the UK Institute of Directors. He serves on the boards of directors, and on audit and risk committees of both listed and private companies in various sectors including banking, insurance, software and logistics. Prior to 2007, he spent 27 years working in public practice, including with Deloitte Haskins and Sells and in an accounting and auditing firm he co-founded in 1990. He holds an M.Sc. degree in Finance from the University of Leicester (UK) and is an Honorary Fellow member of Malta Institute of Accountants, having also served as President between 2015 and 2017. Mr Azzopardi is also the Chairman and CEO of Express Trailers Limited.
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Laragh Cassar
Non-Executive Director
Dr. Cassar was appointed to the Board in April 2016. Throughout her career, Dr. Cassar has gained vast experience in many areas of practice including banking, investment services, asset management, capital markets and corporate law restructuring. Having joined Camilleri Preziosi as an associate in 2003, she was subsequently a partner of this firm between 2009 and 2015. She then founded the firm ‘Camilleri Cassar Advocates’. Dr. Cassar obtained a degree in law from the University of Malta in 2002 and a Master of Law in Banking and Finance from the University of London in 2003. She also holds the role of non-executive director on the board of Hili Properties p.l.c. and the role of non-executive director and company secretary on the Board of Medserv p.l.c..
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Alfred DeMarco
Non-Executive Director
Mr. DeMarco was appointed to the Board in April 2016. He is an associate of the London Institute of Banking and Finance (ACIB) and holds a degree in economics from the University of London. He is a central banker by profession with more than 40 years’ experience at the Central Bank of Malta (CBM). He progressed through senior executive positions at the bank including that of Deputy General Manager and Director of the Economics and External Relations Division. He was appointed Deputy Governor in April 2010, a position he held until end-March 2015. He is also a member on the Kunsill Finanzjarju Djocezan.
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Victor Gusman
Non-Executive Director
Mr. Gusman was elected to the Board in April 2012. During the 35 years he was at the helm of the Lemco Group, Mr. Gusman led the administration team of a workforce of over 650 with manufacturing bases in Italy and Poland and a sales force operating in 34 countries. He gained experience in servicing international companies with custom-made products to accommodate their own brands and was central in dealing with governments for their specialised requirements in their hardware and manufacturing sectors, negotiating with unions in Italy and Poland. Mr. Gusman is the Administrative Secretary of the Diocese of Gozo and executive director of GDH Company Limited and Kura Gozo Company Limited.
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Michael Pace Ross
Non-Executive Director
Mr. Pace Ross was elected to the Board in November 2015. He served as Director General of the National Statistics Office for 6 years, sitting on national and European committees, including the European Statistical Advisory Committee prior to his current appointment as Administrative Secretary of the Archdiocese of Malta. He is a Council member of the Malta Employers Association (MEA). Mr. Pace Ross holds a BA (Honours) degree in Economics and Management and an MBA from the University of Malta. He is also an associate of the London College of Music. He was invested as Knight in a papal equestrian order by Cardinal Edwin O’Brien in 2019. He also holds the role of non-executive director on the board of Amalgamated Investments SICAV p.l.c. and is company secretary of AROM Holdings Limited.
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Martin Scicluna
Non-Executive Director
Mr. Scicluna was elected to the Board in November 2013. Mr Scicluna is also non-executive director of ReAPS Asset Management Limited. Since 2012 Mr. Scicluna has directorships in asset management and insurance companies licensed in Malta. He held a number of managerial positions in Mid-Med Bank between 1976 and 1996, following which he joined Midland Bank which later became HSBC Bank Malta p.l.c.. He also served on several boards for HSBC Malta subsidiaries and on its Audit Committee. Mr. Scicluna is an Associate of the Chartered Institute of Bankers, holds a Diploma in Financial Studies and was elected a Fellow of the Institute of Financial Services in 1999. He also serves on audit, investment and risk committees of a number of private companies in various sectors.
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Graziella Bray
Company Secretary
Dr. Bray graduated as Doctor of Laws from the University of Malta in 2004 and joined the Bank in 2006. Over the years, she has performed duties in various areas of law, regulation and compliance, including providing support to the Board and various committees and to the APS Funds SICAV plc. She is also the Company Secretary of ReAPS Asset Management Limited. Dr. Bray lectures in Company Law, Regulation and Corporate Governance at the University of Malta and the Malta Stock Exchange Institute.
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