Zammit Tabona to head Malta-UK Business Promotion task force
Prime Minister Joseph Muscat appointed his Special Envoy for Investment Promotion Joseph Zammit Tabona to chair the newly set up Malta-UK Business Promotion Taskforce which will be responsible for business promotion of Malta within the UK.
This task force is being set up to implement a plan of action between now and end 2019 to promote business, including industrial, economical and financial activities to Malta in collaboration with the UK. Malta will position itself as a business destination for UKbased companies which want to set up a base in an EU Member State following Brexit.
Zammit Tabona served as Malta’s High Commissioner to the United Kingdom & Northern Ireland from 2009 till 2013. He has been the Prime Minister’s Special Envoy for Investment Promotion since 1 August 2013. He was recently decorated as a Member of the Order of Merit in 2016. Mr Zammit Tabona was also appointed as a Board Member of the Guardian for Future Generations by the Minister for the Environment.
He served as chairman of Malta Enterprise, Malta Stock Exchange and Finance Malta. He is currently chairman of Valletta Cruise Port plc, which operates the Cruise Liner Terminal in Valletta. Zammit Tabona is also a director of Klesch Group Ltd and Medserv plc and chairman of Tigne Mall plc. He also served as President of the Malta Federation of Industry in 1990/91 and 2000/2003.
The other members of the Malta-UK Business Promotion Taskforce are:
Chairman, Trade Malta; CEO, Mapfre MSV Life Plc
Chairman, Malta Gaming Authority
Chairman, Finance Malta
Head Government Communication
CEO, Malta Enterprise Former Director BOV and
Middlesea Valletta Stefano Mallia
Partner, Grant Thornton
Managing Director, RSM Malta
Maritime Attache, Malta High Commission UK
Investment Promotion Consultant Malta Enterprise; Former CEO World Aviation Group
Territory Senior Partner, PWC Malta
CEO, KPMG Crimsonwing