Malta's High Commissioner to the UK Joe Zammit Tabona has been appointed the Prime Minister’s special envoy for business promotion, a government official confirmed with this portal.

During his long and distinguished career, he held countless chairmanships and prestigious positions including chairman of the Accountancy Board, the Malta Stock Exchange, FinanceMalta and Viset Malta plc.

He also chaired the Malta Development Corporation (MDC), the Malta External Trade Corporation (METCO) and the Institute for the Promotion of Small Enterprise (IPSE), whose functions and activities have been absorbed within the new Malta Enterprise which he also chaired. He also held a number of chairmanships in the private sector.

He was twice President of the Malta Federation of Industries, a Member of the Board of Directors of Bank of Valletta, member of the Board of the Malta Council for Science and Technology and a Director of HSBC Life Assurance.

A chartered accountant, Mr Zammit Tabona also served as a Council member of the Malta Institute of Accountants from 1974 to 1984.