MCESD Council

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, the Malta Hotels and Restaurants Association and The Malta Chamber of SME’s 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 Confederation 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

Perit David Xuereb

Chairperson

Mr. Mark Musù

Deputy Chairperson

Ms. Adriana Chircop

Executive Secretary

Council Members

Entity	Name of Representative	Substitute
General Workers’ Union – GWU	Mr. Josef Bugeja	Mr. Robert Borg
General Workers’ Union – GWU	Mr. Victor Carachi	Mr. Kevin Camilleri
UĦM Voice of the Workers	Mr. Josef Vella	Mr. Mario Sacco
Confederation of Malta Trade Unions – CMTU	Dr. Martin Balzan	Mr. William Portelli
Malta Employers’ Association – MEA	Ms. Joanne Bondin	Mr. Joseph Farrugia
Malta Hotels and Restaurants Association – MHRA	Mr. Tony Zahra	Mr. Andrew Agius Muscat
The Malta Chamber	Ms. Marisa Xuereb	Mr. Kevin Mizzi
The Malta Chamber	Dr. Marthese Portelli	Mr. Christopher Vassallo Cesareo
Malta Chamber of SMEs	Mr. Paul Abela	Ms. Abigail Mamo
Forum Unions Maltin – For.U.M.	Mr. Paul Pace	Ms. Elaine Germani
Civil Society Committee – CSC	Mr. Ben Rizzo	Ms Mary Gaerty
Gozo Regional Committee – GRC	Mr. Joseph Borg	Mr. Joe Muscat
Ministry for Finance and Employment – MFE	Mr. Paul Zahra	Mr. Kevin Vella
Central Bank of Malta	Prof. Edward Scicluna	Mr. Alexander Demarco