Dr Michael Frendo

Dr Michael Frendo has been serving as Chairman of the Bank since May 2013. Dr Frendo is Speaker Emeritus of the House of Representatives, Parliament of Malta (2010-2013) and a former Minister for Foreign Affairs (2004-2008). He also held various other ministerial portfolios including Information and Communication Technologies, Transport and Civil Aviation, Culture, Broadcasting and Consumer Protection.

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Dr Frendo, is a lawyer with extensive practice experience in European Union law, Telecommunications and ICT law, Corporate law and Contract law.

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He has held managerial positions in the private sector in both Malta and the United Kingdom.  In the UK, between 1979-1982, Michael Frendo was part of the launching team of Eurolex (Thomson International), a pioneer European and UK legislation and case-law online, full-text searchable, database and was the author of its User Handbook.

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Dr Frendo is a signatory of the EU Treaty of Lisbon and was earlier a member of the European Convention on the Future of Europe.

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He has published widely in a number of books and articles on Constitutional; Legal; European, and International Affairs issues.

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