KPMG Malta’s Director for Gaming will be taking part in a panel discussion at the iGB Affiliate London event, one of the largest iGaming affiliate events globally.

The panel discussion will focus on mergers and acquisitions, and how the market is continuously consolidating.

Mr Mifsud is also an economist by profession and leads KPMG’s gaming efforts across all functions. He is a founding member of a core group of professionals that specialise in gaming within the KPMG network globally.

He works closely with the Audit, Tax & Advisory teams locally and internationally in order to assist with identifying risks and opportunities, with a view to adding value to clients.

Mr Mifsud also sits on the management board of the Malta Remote Gaming Council (MRGC) and is a Silicon Valletta board member. He founded the KPMG Malta eSummit and the KPMG Gaming Faculty.

Asked to comment on what the consolidation of the iGaming industry means for Malta, which as of 2018, according to official sources, made up around 12 per cent of the island’s GDP, Mr Mifsud said:

“Malta’s position as the iGaming capital of the world, along with its flourishing ecosystem, inevitably captures the interest of would be acquirers or indeed investors, especially those of whom may be stemming from emerging markets which may be looking to close in on the iGaming knowledge gap and hit the ground running within their respective territories.

“It is essentially a buyers’ market at this point in time,” he said.

The sector is thought to directly employ close to 7,000 Maltese residents.

Mr Mifsud will be taking part in the panel discussion on Friday 7th February at ExCel, London.