Written by The Malta Business Registry’s Chief Executive Officer and Registrar, Dr Geraldine Spiteri Lucas
will once again serve as an Executive Member of the leading global network of business
registries after being elected, in a highly contested election, last October. She will be entrusted
with the Regional Seat representing Europe.
Dr Spiteri Lucas is the Chief Executive Officer of the Malta Business Registry (MBR) and Registrar.
She is responsible for the overall management and performance of the MBR, inclusive of its
strategy development and implementation. She has played a pivotal role in bringing about
key changes within the entity that were crucial in updating the registry in line with European
and international standards. Being a lawyer by profession, she graduated as a Doctor of Laws
from the University of Malta in 2010 and few months later obtained her warrant to practice in
the Maltese Courts. She read Masters in European and Comparative Law, graduating in 2012.
She started her career with a leading local law firm, advising local and international clients on
corporate, shipping and aviation law. Furthermore, she also represented various clients in
litigation procedures before Tribunals and local Courts. and is also a member of the board of
examiners for the Department of Commercial Law of the University of Malta.
The Corporate Registries Forum is the leading international association of business registries
from more than 60 nations across the world. Members meet regularly to share ideas,
benchmark their performance and practices along with gaining fast access to specialist
experience. Last year the Corporate Registries Forum (CRF) launched an innovative 5-year
strategy aimed at improving global standards.
In reaction to this new role, Dr Spiteri Lucas expressed her gratitude towards all international
registries who are members of the CRF that entrusted her with this new responsibility by stating
that “It is a great honour for Malta to have a member forming part of the Executive Committee,
of which the role brings about various responsibility in tackling a number of reforms in relation
to transparency and the technological application within the registry fora. Hence, I look
forward to nurturing closer collaborations on a European level for the benefit of all CRF
members.”
Minister for the Economy, EU Funds and Lands Silvio Schembri said that it is indeed an honour
to have a Maltese representative serve as an executive member of the CRF for the second
time running, being entrusted with the regional seat that represents the whole of Europe. He
said that this follows the CRF’s decision to have chosen Malta as its host for the annual
general meeting which had showed the trust it has in the Maltese jurisdiction, given that it
was only last year that Malta was accepted as a full member of this international forum.