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Bank of Valletta p.l.c

Santa Venera

E-Cubed Consultants Ltd

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I am a leading economist in Malta, with professional experience spanning 25 years covering banking, policy-making, academia and private sector consultancy. Having graduated from the University of Cambridge and the University of Malta, my main area of academic interest is the growth and macroeconomic dynamics facing economies that are prone to heightened risks.

I have several years of Board and Risk Committee experience in major financial institutions in Malta, including at Bank of Valletta. I have served as Manager of the Research Department of the Central Bank of Malta; Director General of the National Statistics Office of Malta; Head of the Economics Department of the University of Malta; and Economic Advisor to the Malta Council for Economic and Social Development. Through the private consultancy firm I co-founded in 2006, I am also involved in a number of local and international research projects and consultancy assignments with institutions including the EU Commission, Government ministries and authorities, NGOs and private sector entities, and am a Visiting Senior Lecturer at the University of Malta.

I was appointed to the BOV Board of Directors as Chairperson in 2020. I am also a Non-Executive Director on the Board of Mapfre Middlesea plc and Chairperson of Mapfre MSV Life plc.

Business Activities

2007–Present: Founder and Executive Director, E-Cubed Consultants Ltd
2018–Present: Founder and shareholder, E-Cubed Islands Ltd
2020–Present: Chairperson, Bank of Valletta plc
2021–Present: Chairperson, Mapfre MSV Life plc
2022–Present: Non-Executive Director, Mapfre Middlesea plc

1992–2001: Economist/Head of Department, Economic Research Department, Central Bank of Malta
2001–Current: Senior Lecturer/Head of Department, Department of Economics, University of Malta
**(Currently holding a visiting position to supervise PhD candidates)
2004–2006: Economic Advisor, Malta Council for Economic and Social Development
2006–2007: Director General, National Statistics Office
2008–2013: Chairperson, Risk Management Committee, Bank of Valletta plc
2010–2013: National Economic Expert, Evalned Expert Group on the evaluation of EU Cohesion/structural funds under EU Commission DG Regio
2015–2017: Non-Executive Director, MFS Merchant Bank Ltd
2015–2019: Non-Executive Director, Zarattini International Ltd
2017 –2020: Non-Executive Director, HSBC Bank Malta plc

Education

1988–1992: B. Commerce (Hons) Economics, University of Malta (First Class – Prospects for Financial Deregulation in Malta)
1995: M.Phil Economics, University of Cambridge, UK (Distinction – A VAR Model for the Maltese Economy)
2001–2006: PhD Economics, University of Malta (The Growth and Macroeconomic Dynamics of Small Vulnerable Economies)