Bank of Valletta (BOV) has appointed three new Non-Executive Directors to its board (subject to regulatory approval) and re-appointed one, it announced on Thursday.
The new members of the Board of Directors, as nominated at the Bank’s Annual General Meeting held remotely on Thursday are Kevin J Borg, Elizabeth Camilleri, and Godfrey Swain.
They come to the Bank from a variety of fields.
Mr Borg is the recently appointed CEO of Malta Maritime Forum. He is an experienced professional with over 25 years of experience in leadership of the business community.
Having graduated in Economics from the University of Malta in 1994, he worked briefly as an Economics Officer within the Economic Planning Division in the Ministry of Finance before joining The Malta Chamber in 1997
He held the position of Director-General of The Malta Chamber until 2020, “where he built himself a distinct reputation for integrity and professionalism”.
Ms Camilleri is a digital growth and transformation specialist, working with boards and C-Level executives across a number of B2C and B2B2C sectors worldwide.
She currently sits on a number of boards and advises others on digital transformation and the creation of exponential growth through the use of data and technological innovation.
Previously, she had founded and built a market tech company (Shopological) which she sold in 2019. Previous roles encompassed working at global organisations such as Gartner (Head of Strategy Consulting), Orange Global (Growth Strategist for the Board), and PwC Malta (Consultancy).
Mr Swain is an international executive with thirty years of banking experience, having recently served as CEO of Myanmar Citizens Bank, tasked with executing a banking transformational strategy in partnership with the International Finance Corporation, an arm of the World Bank.
He previously served as a senior executive at HSBC for 20 years, holding key roles as Managing Director and Country Head of Retail Banking and Wealth Management for HSBC in Japan, Vietnam and previously in Malta where he also held positions as Head of Marketing and Communication.
The appointments came after the opening up of six vacancies, two of whom were appointed by the Qualifying Shareholders of the Bank.
Following a call for nominations, the bank received six valid nominations for the appointment of Directors, with two subsequently being withdrawn.
The four nominees (the aforementioned three, as well as Alfred Lupi, who was reappointed after a stint as Interim Chairman), were deemed by the Bank’s Nominations and Governance Committee to be fit and proper to act as Non-Executive Directors, and in view of there being as many suitable nominees as there were vacancies, no election took place.
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