About

– Mr Michael Grech has been involved in the financial services for more than four decades, having started his career at the Mid-Med Bank Ltd. He eventually set his own private company. He is currently a Director on the Board of Malta Enterprise, Director on the Board of Jobs Plus, Member of the Supervisory Council of the Malta Community Chest Fund, and Chairman of the Victoria Scout Group. In the past years he also occupied the role of President of the Gozo Business Chamber (4 years), Chairman of the Gozo Regional Committee (4 years), Member of MCESD (4 years) and Senior Vice President on the board of INSULEUR (the Association of Chamber of Commerce of Island Regions of the EU) (2 years)

– Charlene Xerri Gatt studied and gained a First Class Honours in Criminology at the University of Malta in 2008. She is a real estate profession, having worked with renowned companies since 2008 where she had received multiple prestigious awards in recognition of her efforts. Nowadays, she leads, motivates and trains her team to assist clients with the utmost professionalism in every detail of the transaction.

– Mario Borg holds a first degree in economics and a master’s degree in small island states from the University of Malta and a master’s degree in public economics from the University of York, UK. He spent over 10 years at the Economic Policy Department within the Minister for Finance working mainly in economic forecasting, policy analysis and policy design. He subsequently was appointed a Director of economic and business statistics at the National Statistics Office (NSO). During the past years, Mr Borg formed part of the Government of Malta National Blockchain Taskforce (2017-2018) and the Board of Governors of the MFSA (2017-2020). Before being appointed as Chief Executive Officer at the Gozo Regional Development Authority, he worked as a Consultant at MIMCOL.

– Dr Marlene Cini is a Senior Professional Executive (Legal) at Identity Malta Agency since 2019. Marlene obtained her Doctor of Laws in 2017 and was admitted to the bar in 2018, after successfully defending her thesis “The Tax Treatment of Employment Income: a local and international perspective”. Following the completion of her studies at the University of Malta she joined a local law firm, where her main areas of practice included direct and indirect tax, private clients, personal tax, and immigration. During her tenure there she has also successfully completed the Malta Institute of Taxation Professional Certificate in Taxation.

– Dr Samuel Azzopardi is a lawyer by profession specialising in financial services. He is currently President of Reġjun Għawdex (www.regjunghawdex.com) as well as a member in the Committee of Regions (www.cor.europa.eu) and serves as political coordinator in the European People’s Party in the NAT commission withing the Committee of Regions. Dr Azzopardi is also vice-President of the Local Council Association and President of the Gozo Football Association (www.gozofa.com).

– Daniel Borg is currently the Chief Executive Officer of the Gozo Business Chamber. During the years, he worked within the Management Efficiency Unit (OPM), Malta Communications Authority, and eventually at the Tourism and Economic Development Directorate at the Ministry for Gozo. Daniel Borg was also visiting lecturer at the Department of Public Policy at the University of Malta. He is also presently part of the technical committee of INSULEUR(Insular Chambers of Commerce and Industry of the European Union). Daniel Borg is also active in various voluntary organisations.

– Joe Muscat has been involved in the Gozitan tourist industry since 1979, where he was one of the founder members of the Gozo Tourism Association, and have served on the Association’s council since its inception in 1999. Throughout these years he has been successively endorsed as General Secretary of this Association which represents the diverse sectors of the tourism industry on the island, ranging from accommodation, to catering and other establishments offering various tourist services. In 2011, he joined the Gozo Tourism Association in 2011 on full-time basis and presently occupies the post of Chief Executive Officer of the same Association. Presently Joe Muscat is a Director on the Malta Tourism Authority Board, appointed as the person representing the Gozitan tourist industry. In 2017 Joe Muscat was elected Chairman of the Gozo Regional Committee, and sits as its representative on the Maltese Council for Economic and Social Development (MCESD).

– After reading Philosophy in Rome in 1984, Mr Borg joined the family business in the same year, the FXB Group of Companies, which specializes in the manufacturing and retailing of furniture both locally and abroad. The Group has also ventured in the field of renewable energy and prides itself in research and development in this sector.Mr Borg served as a director on the board of the Malta Development Corporation from 1989 to 1992. He was involved in the Gozo Committee of the Malta Federation of Industries, from 1988 to 1993 as its secretary, and Chairman from 1992. Mr Borg has also been a director of Bank of Valletta plc from 1999 up to 2015. He was also chairman of Gozo Channel Co. Ltd. from 2005 to 2008. After serving a council member and secretary since the foundation of the Gozo Business Chamber in 1999, he was again elected to the Council of the Gozo Business Chamber in 2010 and since 2012 he was Vice-President of the same Chamber until he became President in September 2018. Since December 2018 he is also President of INSULEUR (The Network of Insular Chambers of Commerce and Industry of the EU).

– Anthony Bezzina worked for 43 years in the banking industry (Mid-Med Bank 1975-1998 and Lombard Bank 1998-2017). He occupied various managerial posts and sat on various committees within the bank. In his last six years of his banking career was the Chief Officer for the Lombard’s affairs in Gozo. In 1981 he was elected as an Associate of the Chartered Institute of Bankers of London. From 1988 to 2001 he was a part-time lecturer on banking at Sir Michelangelo Refalo Sixth Form School. Since 2018, Mr Bezzina was appointed as a non-executive director with Michael Grech Financial Investment Services. During the same year, he joined the Gozo Curia where he occupies the post of Office Manager. Mr Bezzina is a member on various councils/committees including The Friends of the Sick and Elderly in Gozo, The Gozo Business Chamber, Kummissjoni Djocesana Familja, The Institute of Pastoral Ministry and Fundazzjoni Il-Hajja f’Ghawdex.