FinanceMalta on Monday announced that the main sponsor for its 15th Annual Conference, which will be held on 1st December at the InterContinental Arena Conference Centre, is Bank of Valletta plc (BOV).
The conference will feature the theme “Learning from the past: Looking to the future” and will discuss lessons and achievements of the financial services industry throughout 2022, while also shedding a light on what lies ahead in 2023.
Commenting on the conference’s theme, BOV Chairperson Gordon Cordina said that “We have over the decades made a success of our economy. We continue to prove our resilience in extraordinarily difficult times.”
BOV Chairperson Gordon Cordina
“Going forward, we will need to carefully carve the path of our growth by selecting the niche activities where we can add value based on what we do best, to provide for the society and economy that we will want to live in tomorrow,” he added.
FinanceMalta Chairperson George Vella remarked that the organisation is “proud and honoured” to announce BOV as the main sponsor.
“The importance of having such a major Maltese financial institution backing this conference cannot be understated. As we strive to promote Malta as an international financial centre, the backing of BOV and all our members is crucial,” Mr Vella continued.
“Our mandate is to promote the jurisdiction and contribute to the efforts of all stakeholders to enable the financial services sector to continue to grow and prosper. The annual conference is the best showcase of this commitment,” he concluded.
It has attracted the interest of a number of local and international companies and organisations which are showing their support for the event, including Lockton, Finance Incorporated Limited, the Malta Stock Exchange, and also Zenith Actuarial powered by Optalitix.
This year’s edition is the first fully in-person and face-to-face conference since the COVID-19 pandemic, and will feature executives from Malta and abroad, European Union policymakers, Maltese Government representatives, officials of global standard-setting organisations, renowned academics, researchers, and more.
High-calibre international speakers include former Financial Action Task Force (FATF) President Marcus Pleyer, European Banking Authority (EBA) Executive Director François-Louis Michaud, Futurist and Professor of Practice at Imperial College Business School David Shrier, along with Director for Financial and Enterprise Affairs at the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) Carmine Di Noia.
Prime Minister Robert Abela and European Parliament President Roberta Metsola will also be addressing the conference.
FinanceMalta is a non-profit foundation that was set up to promote Malta as an international business and financial centre within, and also outside of, Malta. It brings together and harnesses the resources of the industry and Government to ensure Malta maintains a “modern and effective legal, regulatory, and fiscal framework” to allow the financial services sector to “continue to grow and prosper”.
More information about the event, along with details about how to register, can be found here.
