Just over half of foreign direct investors in Malta believe that the country will still be attractive for investment in three years’ time, according to the EY Malta Attractiveness Survey , launched today. However, 44 per cent were not able to reply to this question, nearly double the 23 per cent who replied “don’t know” in 2011. Only four per cent said they believed Malta would not be attractive in three years. This is one of the key findings of the EY Attractiveness Survey for 2014. The results were presented at a sold-out full-day conference at the Westin. (See separate story) The keynote speech is being given by Tony Blair’s former spokesman Alastair Campbell.Malta’s attractiveness as an investment destination will be under the spotlight today in a conference being held by Ernst and Young (EY), bringing together the top political and business stakeholders. The conference will be live-streamed throughout the day on timesofmalta according to the programme below. 9.30 – 9.40 am – Welcome address by Ronald Attard, EY Malta Managing Partner. 9.40 – 9.50 am - Address by David Curmi, President of the Malta Chamber of Commerce and industry. 9.30 – 10.30 am - Presentation of the European and Malta attractiveness survey results by Simon Lee Barberi, EY Malta. 10.30 – 10.50 am - Address by Prime Minister Joseph Muscat. 10.50 – 11.35 am - Keynote address by Alistair Campbell – Malta, developing the right brand for Foreign Direct Investment (FDI). 11.35-12.00 – Break 12.00 – 12.20 p.m. Address by Opposition leader Simon Busuttil. 12.20 – 1.10 p.m. Panel discussion – Challenges of attracting FDI in a small island. Participants – Mario de Marco, PN spokesman on the economy, Alistair Campbell, Kazimierz Marcinkiewicz, former Polish prime minister, Mario Vella, chairman, Malta Enterprise, Piotr Piela, partner EY Warsaw, Leon Heliyang, Huawei, Joseph Khoury, vice president , Methode Electronics Inc. 1.10-1.55p.m. Lunch 1.55 - 3 p.m. Breakout sessions discussing financial services, ICT and telecoms, iGaming, manufacturing, logistics, distribution and warehousing. 2.55 – 3.10 - Short interviews with captains of industry. 3.10 – 3.55 - Panel discussion – FDI, the future is today, with Angelo Dalli, CEO of Bit8, Yorgen Fenech, director of business development at Tumas Group, Mark Gasan, CEO Gasan Group, Michael Farrugia, director, Farsons, Simon de Cesare, director for operations, Eden Leisure Group and Taryn Mizzi, marking and communications manager at Mizzi Motors. 4.15 – Presentation of breakout session proceedings and discussion of contents. 4.25 p.m. Panel discussion: FDI in Malta, the way forward, with Ronald Attard, country managing partner at EY Malta, Joe Bannister, chairman MFSA, Margrith Lutschg-Emmenegger, president Fimbank, Juanito Camilleri, rector of the University of Malta, Chris Deering, former president Sony Europe, Mark Watkinson, CEO and director, HSBC Malta and John Cassar White, chairman, Bank of Valletta. 5.25 p.m. – Closing address by Economic Services Minister Chris Cardona.
Posted on: Wed, 08 Oct 2014 11:24:12 +0000
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