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
MCESDCouncil Members
| Entity | Name of Representative | Substitute |
| General Workers’ Union | Mr. Josef Bugeja | Mr. Robert Borg |
| General Workers’ Union | Mr. Victor Carachi | Mr. Kevin Camilleri |
| UĦM Voice of the Workers | Mr. Josef Vella | Mr. Mario Sacco |
| Confederation of Malta Trade Unions | Dr. Martin Balzan | Mr. William Portelli |
| Malta Employers’ Association | Ms. Joanne Bondin | Mr. Joseph Farrugia |
| Malta Hotels and Restaurants Association | Mr. Tony Zahra | Ms. Angela Attard Fenech |
| Malta Chamber of Commerce, Enterprise and Industry | Ms. Marisa Xuereb | Mr. Andre Fenech |
| Malta Chamber of Commerce, Enterprise and Industry | Dr. Marthese Portelli | Mr. Christopher Vassallo Cesareo |
| Malta Chamber of SMEs | Mr. Paul Abela | Ms. Abigail Mamo |
| For U.M. | Mr. Paul Pace | Ms. Elaine Germani |
| Civil Society Committee | Mr. Ben Rizzo | Ms Mary Gaerty |
| Gozo Regional Committee | Mr. Joseph Borg | Mr. Joe Muscat |
| Ministry for Finance | Mr. Alfred Camilleri | Mr. Godwin Mifsud |
| Central Bank of Malta | Prof. Edward Scicluna | Mr. Alexander Demarco |