Mario Vella
Mario Vella is an experienced career banker who joined Barclays Bank in Malta in 1969. He occupied several positions within the bank concluding his career with HSBC in 2013 in the role of Head of Corporate Banking in which position he was responsible for the major share of the Bank’s lending portfolio and its largest corporate customers, a good number of which were family businesses. In 2013, after 43 years in banking, Mario moved to KPMG as Director, Deal Advisory. In this role he served as consultant to several companies. He helped clients restructure and refinance their trading activities and raise financing for new ventures. Mario retired from KPMG in August 2017 but continues to provide consultancy services. He presently also sits as non- Executive Director or Chairman on a number of corporate Boards including some well known family owned Groups operating in diverse business sectors. He has assisted in the transition of several entities from one generation to the other, sharing the experience gained through years of direct contact with so many business enterprises.