The Malta Business Network Webinar: Malta is open for start-ups
Malta is open to start-ups and has been attracting innovative businesses from many different fields ranging from artificial intelligence, cybersecurity and manufacturing to fintech, drones, medtech and more.
Startinmalta.com is the new portal created and managed by Malta Enterprise, the country’s economic development agency. It provides a national platform to consolidate the start-up ecosystem in Malta by bringing together various stakeholders.
Today, 29 April we will have a formidable panel to provide us with their insights and experiences of starting and growing innovative start-ups in Malta:
David Walsh (moderator), chairman of the Malta Business Network (UK), managing partner of Flamefinch Partners LLP and chairman of Supernotes
Kurt Farrugia (co-host & panellist), CEO of Malta Enterprise
Professor Russell Smith, director of the Centre for Entrepreneurship and Business Incubation at the University of Malta
James Camilleri, of Fyorin
This is an exceptional opportunity for MBN members and friends to hear firsthand from experts and practitioners while learning about these new business and networking opportunities.
The live webinar will be held today between 5 and 6pm. Register now.
co-founder and CEO
About our moderator:
David is a highly successful and experienced CEO in the Technology Sector.
After an early career in IBM in 1996 David founded Crimsonwing, an international software and services business. Crimsonwing listed in 2008 and was subsequently acquired by KPMG in 2015. David worked as managing director in KPMG International until 2019.
David created a solution centre in Malta, helping to initiate Malta as an ICT European hub and which has since attracted over 400 IT-related businesses. In 2010 David was awarded Malta Order of Merit for services to the Maltese economy.
David is managing partner of Flamefinch Partners LLP, chairman of Supernotes (a leading collaborative learning solution) and chairman of the Malta Business Network (UK).
David is also King’s College London’s first Entrepreneur in Residence – helping to advise and mentor 20 selected startups per year in the Accelerator at King’s Entrepreneurial Institute.
David funds the David Walsh scholarships at King’s to recognise personal growth, leadership and the development of team skills in entrepreneurship.
Kurt Farrugia was appointed chief Executive officer of Malta Enterprise on 1 August 2019. Previously, he served as head of Government Communication and spokesperson for the Prime Minister between 2013 and 2019.
In August 2017, the Prime Minister appointed Farrugia on the Malta-UK Business Promotion Task Force where he actively contributed on matters related to investment promotion in the UK. In April 2019 he was appointed on the New Economic Niches Committee of Malta Enterprise.
Professor Russell Smith is a Professor in Entrepreneurship and the director of the Centre for Entrepreneurship and Business Incubation at the University of Malta. For the last 20 years Russell has specialised in the commercialisation of IP arising from academic research and the teaching and development of student entrepreneurship, resulting in the development of the New Standard Model system of entrepreneurship. In 2012 Her Majesty, The Queen was graciously pleased to approve the Prime Minister’s recommendation that he should receive the Queen’s Award for Enterprise Promotion.
About our panellist:
James is the co-founder and CEO of a fintech start-up, Fyorin. With all the cofounding team being Maltese, Fyorin is changing the fabric of business banking on an international level.
Before Fyorin, James spent a decade doing international business, on a B2B level, in the area of sales & marketing and business strategy. He was instrumental in generating millions of euros for the companies which he represented. James has experience working in various industries, ranging from IT software, to Fintech to iGaming.