Following a public call for the post of Chief Executive Officer, the Board of the Environment and Resources Authority appointed Dr Louise Spiteri to occupy this post with immediate effect, the ERA said in a statement.

Spiteri is specialised in environmental law. She was an assistant lecturer at the University of Malta with the Department of the Law on Environment and Resources.

The statement read that Spiteri studied at the University of Malta, where in 1999 she was awarded a degree in Law and two years later she was awarded a Magister Juris Degree in Public International Law. In 2000 she joined the public sector as a legal officer with the Department of Environmental Protection. In this role, she participated in the negotiation of a number of EU environmental laws. She was also appointed as Secretary of the National Board for Sustainable Development, established in March 2002.

In 2003 she joined the diplomatic body in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Here, she followed international legal issues and EU affairs. In 2005 she was engaged as lawyer linguist with the European Court of Justice. And in 2007 she joined the Attorney General's Office and dealt with EU negotiations and infringements brought before the same Court.

During the years 2011 and 2013 she acted as President of the Council for the Professions Complementary to Medicine (CPCM) and President of the Appeals Committee. Currently, she  is a member of the European Legal Experts Forum on Climate Change Adaptation.

 Spiteri published articles on environmental law and has also coordinated several EU projects and programs. The ERA Board congratulates Dr Spiteri in her important role within the Authority, and in her work as the main environmental regulator.