Malta Gaming Authority starts search for new exec chairman
News on 17 Apr 2018
News on 17 Apr 2018
The Malta Gaming Authority has announced that it has begun the search for a new executive chairman to replace Joseph Cuchieri, who departs later this month to take up new responsibilities at the Malta Financial Services Authority as chief executive officer.
Cushieri will also sit on the MFSA’s Board of Governors.
As executive chairman of the MGA since 2013, Cushieri has overseen a major transformation process which included a reform in all gaming legislation leading to the presentation of a new Gaming Bill which is currently being debated in the Maltese Parliament.
In his new role as CEO of the MFSA, he will be responsible for the overall management and performance of the Authority, strategy development/implementation including reforms in the financial services sector.
A Certified Public Accountant by profession and a fellow member of the Malta Institute of Accountants, Cuschieri is specialised in management accounting, corporate finance, economic regulation and general/business management. He also holds a Master’s Degree in Business Administration from Henley Management College, UK and an Advanced Diploma in Management Accounting from the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA), UK.
Throughout a professional career spanning 25 years, he held various finance related roles, senior executive positions and directorships within the private and public sector amongst which Head of Corporate Affairs and then Chief Commercial Officer at Vodafone Malta, Chief Operating Officer at the Malta Communications Authority and senior consultant with EY.
During his time at Vodafone, Cuschieri was involved in key regulatory projects both in Egypt and Turkey, and spent a period of eighteen months enrolled on the Vodafone Group’s global leadership development programme. He has wide experience in economic regulation particularly in the electronic communications and technology sectors where he was involved in major reforms in the telecommunications sector during his time at the Malta Communications Authority.
Cuschieri is also a member of the Blockchain task force where he was involved in the development of a new regulatory framework for virtual currencies and distributed ledger technology.
