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Nominations to Board of Directors at Bank of Valletta

Bank of Valletta, Malta

Wednesday, 02 November 2016


BOV announces that the current chairman of the board of directors of Bank of Valletta p.l.c. John Cassar White has informed the Government of Malta, as the main shareholder of the bank, that he will not continue to serve on the board after his term expires at the next Annual General Meeting of the bank that will be held on 16th December 2016. 

In accordance with the terms of the bank’s Memorandum and Articles of Association, the government has nominated Mr Taddeo Scerri as chairman and Ms Anita Mangion as director on the board of Bank of Valletta p.l.c. for a period of one year with effect from 16th December 2016, subject to regulatory approval. 

Mr Antonio Piras has been nominated by UniCredit S.p.A. to serve as its representative on the board of directors of the bank with effect from 16th December 2016 subject to regulatory approval. 

Mr Taddeo Scerri was appointed to the board of Bank of Valletta in April 2013.  Mr Scerri currently chairs the bank’s Audit Committee and is a member of the bank’s Remuneration Committee and of the bank’s Asset and Liability Committee. 

Ms Anita Mangion, Exec. MBA (eBusiness) post-graduate, is currently a board director at Malta Industrial Parks and heads the Business Development of an IT company. . 

Mr Piras occupies the role of Vice Chairman of Iacobucci Aerospace HF S.p.A.  Until recently he was Vice Chairman of Eurofidi Soc. Consortile Garanzia Fidi s.c.a.r.l. (Turin).  Mr Piras was a director of Equitalia Centro S.p.A.  (Florence). He also held various senior management positions at UniCredit Group. 

There is no matter concerning Mr Scerri, Ms Mangion and Mr Piras which requires disclosure under Listing Rule 5.20.5 to Listing Rule 5.20.9 

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