Category: Edward’s Profile

  • Personal Info

    Personal Info

    Edward graduated from the University of Oxford with a Diploma with distinction in politics and economics; from the University of Malta with a First Class Honours BA degree in Economics, and the University of Toronto with a Masters and Doctorate in Economics. He was appointed Professor and Head of the Department of Economics at the…

  • Appointments

    1999 – 2003 Malta Council for Economic and Social Development Chairman 1997 – 1999 Malta Financial Services Authority Chairman and President (i.e. Executive Chairman) 1996 – 2003 Central Bank of Malta Board Director and Member of the Monetary Policy Committee 1997 – 2000 Council of Europe Development Bank, Paris . Member of the Bank’s Auditing Committee…

  • Qualifications

    1976 – 1982 University of Toronto, Canada Department of Political Economy/ Institute for Public Policy Thesis Title: “Output and Productivity Measurements in the Public Sector”.  Comprehensive examinations inPublic Finance and Development completed in 1977. Principal research assistant to a major two-year study on Public Employment and Compensation in Canada. PhD in Economics 1975 – 1976 University of…

  • Awards

    1975 -1980 Canadian Commonwealth Scholarship 1973-1974 Simonds-Farsons-Cisk RUM Scholarship 1970 – 1972 Plater College, Oxford Scholarship, Government of Malta 1967 Duke of Edinburgh’s Award Scheme, Gold Medal, awarded at Buckingham Palace, London

  • Publications

    Recent Works Interim Evaluation of EU Pre-Accession Programmes in Malta (Three evaluations between 2005 and 2006), in conjunction with E&Y, carried out for the EU and the Government of Malta, 2006. An Economic Appraisal of Malta’s Cruising Industry, VISET Malta plc, July 2007. A Cost Benefit Analysis of the Mgarr and Cirkewwa Ports Terminals; for…