Elvira Vega, International HR Director at MAPFRE has recently visited the Middlesea offices in Malta.

During her visit at Middlesea she launched the revamped MAPFRE performance appraisal. The objective of this program is to make employees evaluate their current skills, job performance and fulfilment of annual targets. This system also enables the company to identify training gaps and to establish courses of actions to enhance employees’ career development with a specific focus on 3 main strategic competencies mainly commitment, customer focus and innovation. It also fosters an environment where two-way communication between employees and their supervisors is encouraged.

Chris Meli, Chief Officer Human Resources at Middlesea Insurance, which forms part of the MAPFRE Group said, “At Middlesea, we acknowledge the importance of career development through learning. Providing job specific training needed to ensure individual career development is one of the principles of action within the Middlesea Insurance Corporate Social Responsibility initiatives.”

Ms Vega has been working at MAPFRE since 1996, holding various positions in HR and Training. Elvira holds a Masters in Business Administration from the University of Alcalá de Henares (Madrid) as well as a Masters in Human Resources by the Instituto de Empresa, a prestigious Business School. During her professional career, she has also completed a wide variety of training programs in other areas such as Finance and Marketing. One of the highlights of her career was being selected to take part in a one year internal training program, designed for high potential employees, where the participants were chosen internationally.

Just recently, she has been promoted to a new role as HR International Director, which involves the coordination and implementation of HR projects in the 22 countries where MAPFRE has direct insurance operations.

This initiative was also supported by the MUBE.