Mr Joseph Caruana is a career public officer starting his career in 1977 as a clerk. He progressed through the ranks and in 2008 headed the EU Paying Agency.  From 2011, he also acted as Director General for Fisheries.  As from 2013 he was appointed Permanent Secretary and served in the Ministry for Education and Employment, Ministry for Finance and the Ministry for Transport, Infrastructure and Capital Projects respectively..

Mr Nico Sciberras

Nico Sciberras is a Chief Tax Officer within the Malta Tax and Customs Administration heading the VAT Legal, Technical, Policy and International Relations Section. I head an experienced team dealing with legal, technical, and policy related issues in the world of VAT both at a domestic and international level. Apart from my work at a domestic level (ranging from the drafting, interpretation and implementation of VAT law…

Dr Sarah Cassar Torregiani

Sarah is the Chief Technical Officer of the Malta Institute of Taxation, responsible for overseeing the tax technical initiatives of the Institute. A lawyer, with over 13 years’ experience with a Big Four accounting firm, initially as a general tax practitioner and subsequently as a VAT specialist, she has been a free-lance VAT consultant since 2015 and was appointed CTO of the Institute in 2018. Sarah sits on the Indirect Tax Technical Committee of the MIT, lectures on various MIT VAT courses and seminars and has represented the MIT on the EU Commission’s VAT Expert Group since 2014.

Dr Trudy Muscat

Trudy Marie Muscat is a Senior Manager, forming part of the international corporate tax team at Deloitte. She leads a team in supporting multinationals with the sustainable application of Maltese fiscal and corporate law in conjunction with European and international developments. Trudy graduated from the University of Malta with a Doctor of Laws…

Matteo joined the Tax Business at Deloitte Malta in 2024, where he is Transfer Pricing Leader. Matteo brings with him over 20 years’ experience in advising multinational enterprises, private equity firms and corporate clients on transfer pricing analysis and planning, business restructuring and value chain transformation (principal model), as well as Advance Pricing Agreement (APA)…

Dr Gianluca Busuttil

Gianluca is a Senior Manager within the Tax team at Deloitte Malta, specialising in AML/CFT and related areas of regulation. In recent years, Gianluca has advised on AML/CFT considerations applicable to circumstances pertaining to potential tax crimes, and on the ML/TF risk exposure of high-profile persons within the Maltese gaming ecosystem.

Ivan joined Sheltons in 2006 in Denmark and soon after became director in charge of Sheltons Copenhagen office. Ivan is nowadays the partner in charge of Sheltons Malta while still being heavily involved in the Sheltons office in Denmark. In 2020, Ivan, with assistance from the tax team, was honoured with the Bloomberg Tax International Tax Author Award, the first Maltese to receive this prestigious award…

Mr Mirko Rapa

Mirko is a tax partner at PwC Malta and provides tax advice to a wide and varied portfolio of clients. Over the last 20 years has provided tax advice to companies operating in a number of sectors and individuals taking up residence in Malta. Some of the assignments in which Mirko was involved included assisting a number of leading multinational groups with tax due diligence exercises and structuring their operations in Malta…

Thomas is a senior manager at KPMG Malta. He completed a Bachelor of Commerce in Accountancy and Public Policy and a Master in Accountancy at the University of Malta, followed by an Advanced Diploma in International Taxation from the Chartered Institute of Taxation. Thomas specializes in corporate income tax whereby he assists local and international clients from various industries both from an advisory and a compliance perspective.

Mr Michail Tegos

Michail read his master’s in tax law at the International Tax Centre, University of Leiden, the Netherlands. Following graduation from his master’s degree, he was handpicked and asked to stay on as the academic coordinator for the next two-and-a-half years.  He is an associate director at KPMG Malta involved in the provision of tax advice to a broad range of international businesses, including…

Graziella is a Certified Public Accountant and an Associate Director at KPMG with over 15 years’ experience advising a wide range of clients on direct and indirect tax matters. For the past 6 years, she acted as the firm’s Tax Knowledge Manager following developments in the fiscal world, providing technical interpretations of tax laws, drafting position papers, delivering inhouse training and contributing to technical working groups both locally and within KPMG‘s international network. Graziella is currently also a member of the Indirect Tax Committee of the Malta Institute of Taxation.

Ms Louise Grima

Louise Grima is an Associate Director at KPMG Malta. She joined KPMG in 2015 after graduating with a Master in Accountancy from the University of Malta and has since worked on indirect tax compliance and advisory projects servicing clients in a number of industries including financial services, insurance, gambling and international trade. Louise was awarded the 2015 MIA Best Student of the Year prize for Master in Accountancy Group 2013/2015…

Pierre Vella started his career at the Inland Revenue Department in 1986.  He worked in most sections and directorates of the Department and in 1995 was a member of the task force that reformed the Income Tax regime, which introduced the Final settlement System in 1998 and Self-Assessment in 1999. He them moved to MITA (then MSU) and supported the Ministry of Finance in various reforms across the years such as the…

Mr Silvio Camilleri

Silvio Camilleri is a Director within EY Malta’s International Tax & Transaction Services/Business Tax Advisory department. Silvio is a CPA by profession and joined EY Malta in 2012 after graduating from the University of Malta. Initially, Silvio worked within the Business Tax Compliance department, wherein he has assisted both corporate clients and individual clients…

Steve is a tax partner with PwC. In 2005, Steve completed a Masters in Law, with a specialisation in tax, at the University of London. He then worked with PwC in London for a two year period, dealing with international tax structuring projects and UK corporate tax matters. Steve is heavily involved in advising a wide variety of local and international corporate clients operating in various industries on various Maltese tax related matters. Steve also lectures at the University of Malta and is an examiner for dissertations submitted by students reading for a Masters in Accountancy.

Mr Luca Pace

Luca is a Senior Manager within Deloitte Malta’s tax practice, and forms part of the Global Employer Services team, which focuses on individual client tax requirements as well as on employer’s tax related matters in connection with their global workforces. Having joined Deloitte in 2015 upon successful completion of his studies, Luca spent a number of years within the international tax team, having been involved in a number of advisory engagements for clients across a number of industries, whilst specializing on automatic exchange of information.

Simon, graduated as a lawyer, obtaining his LL.D in 2009 and his warrant to practice as an Advocate before the superior Courts in Malta in 2010 and went on to specialise in International tax, obtaining an adv. LL.M in International Taxation from Leiden University, Netherlands. Returning to Malta, Simon then re-joined KPMG and was actively involved in the ongoing development and broadening of KPMG in Malta’s Private Client and Global Mobility Services offering…

Dr Chris Mifsud Bonnici

Chris is a partner at PwC Malta focusing on regulatory, governance and compliance matters. He is a dual Maltese and English qualified lawyer with 12+ years experience in tax and corporate structuring matters both at PwC Malta and at PwC’s London office. More recently he is also focusing on regulatory trends and innovation mainly in relation to asset and wealth management businesses but also in cross-sectoral areas like ESG and Sustainable Finance, Digital Finance and Tax reporting.

Abigail is a tax senior manager at PwC Malta. She joined PwC in 2009 after graduating with a Bachelor in Accountancy at the University of Malta. She has also successfully completed the Advanced Diploma in International Taxation.  Abigail specialises in corporate income tax, whereby she provides tax advisory services to local and international corporate clients with a special focus on Transfer Pricing.  She participates in various seminars and lectures and contributes to local publications.

Dr Neville Gatt

Neville is an advocate specialising in tax and corporate legislation. He graduated from the University of Malta in 1993 and prior to joining PwC, he worked in a Maltese law firm. In 1994 he undertook his post-graduate studies at the University of London and joined the firm on his return to Malta. Neville was admitted to the partnership in 2002 after also spending time working in the International Tax Department of PwC London. Over the last 28 years, Neville has advised..