Head of Department Accountancy Faculty of Economics, Management and Accountancy
Biography Professor Peter J Baldacchino is Advisor to Rector - Financial Affairs and an academic in the Department of Accountancy, F.E.M.A, University of Malta. He holds both a Ph.D and an MPhil from Loughborough Business School. He is also a Fellow of the Chartered Association of Certified Accountants, a Fellow of the Malta Institute of Accountants and a Certified Public Accountant. He specializes in the corporate governance and financial strategy of listed entities and cooperatives, and also in internal/external/public sector auditing with particular reference to the implications thereon of state smallness. He lectures in postgraduate professional and business programs in these areas and has related publications in various international refereed journals. Peter is a member of the Accountancy Board, the Maltese accountancy regulator which he also chaired between 2017/22. He is also Director at the University Group of companies and both a Director and Audit Committee Chairperson at the Central Bank of Malta. He has extensive experience in the governance of large Maltese organisations, including listed groups and cooperatives, with past positions including chairmanships and memberships of audit and risk management committees in such organisations.
MRT5208 - Business Ethics and Corporate Governance
- Chairperson Accountancy Board (also representing the University of Malta)
- Non Executive Director Central Bank of Malta and Chairperson of the Banks Audit Committee
- Advisor on Corporate Governance to Listed Public Entities as well as Cooperatives
- Award of Pioneer in Cooperatives by the International Cooperative Association
Research work in progress ; In addition to the numerous publications (a selection being currently inserted in the Selected Publication section, the research projects and articles in process are the following
Projects relating to Private Public partnerships, Audit Committees and Corporate Governance in large Family Private Entities.
Articles in process of publications relate to Tax Exemption in Maltese Cooperatives, The Composition of the Board of Directors in Maltese Listed Entities, The Applicability of the Social Audit in Maltese Cooperatives
