The Council is made up of a Chairman appointed by the Prime Minister following consultation with the employers’ and unions’ represented on Council, a Deputy Chairman in the person of the Principal Permanent Secretary of the Civil Service, a representative of the Minister for Finance, representative of the Minister responsible for Social Dialogue, the Presidents of the four main employers’ organisations namely the Malta Employers Association, the Malta Chamber of Commerce, Enterprise and Industry, the Malta Hotels and Restaurants Association and the Malta Chamber of Small and Medium Enterprises (GRTU) and the Secretaries General of the largest Unions namely General Workers Union and Union Ħaddiema Magħqudin, the President of For.U.M. and the President of the Confedaration of Malta Trade Unions.
The chairpersons of the Gozo Regional Commitee and the Civil Society Committee are also delegates of the Council as per ACT No. IV of 2012.
Present Structure
Mr. James Pearsall
Chairperson
MCESD
Mr. Mario Cutajar
Deputy Chairperson
MCESD
Ms. Adriana Chircop
Executive Secretary
MCESDMembers
| Mr. Josef Bugeja | General Workers’ Union |
| Mr. Victor Carachi | General Workers’ Union |
| Mr. Josef Vella | UĦM Voice of the Workers |
| Dr. Martin Balzan | Confederation of Malta Trade Unions |
| Ms. Dolores Sammut Bonnici | Malta Employers’ Association |
| Mr. Tony Zahra | Malta Hotels and Restaurants Association |
| Mr. David Xuereb | Malta Chamber of Commerce, Enterprise and Industry |
| Mr. Kevin J. Borg | Malta Chamber of Commerce, Enterprise and Industry |
| Mr. Philip Fenech | Malta Chamber of SMEs |
| Mr. Marco Bonnici | For.U.M. |
| Mr. Ben Rizzo | Civil Society Committee |
| Mr. Joe Muscat | Gozo Regional Committee |
| Mr. Alfred Camilleri | Ministry for Finance |
| Dr. Mario Vella | Central Bank of Malta |
Substitute Members
| Mr. Robert Borg | General Workers’ Union |
| Mr. Kevin Camilleri | General Workers’ Union |
| Mr. Jesmond Bonello | UĦM Voice of the Workers |
| Mr. William Portelli | Confederation of Malta Trade Unions |
| Mr. Joseph Farrugia | Malta Employers’ Association |
| Ms. Angela Attard Fenech | Malta Hotels and Restaurants Association |
| Mr. Andre Fenech | Malta Chamber of Commerce, Enterprise and Industry |
| Ms. Marisa Xuereb | Malta Chamber of Commerce, Enterprise and Industry |
| Ms. Abigail Mamo | Malta Chamber of SMEs |
| Mr. Colin Galea | For.U.M. |
| Ms Mary Gaerty | Civil Society Committee |
| Mr. Joseph Borg | Gozo Regional Committee |
| Mr. Godwin Mifsud | Ministry for Finance |
| Mr. Alexander Demarco | Central Bank of Malta |