Matthew Scicluna promoted to Head of Financial Crime Compliance at MFSA

Long-standing Malta Financial Services Authority (MFSA) employee Matthew Scicluna has been promoted to Head of Financial Crime Compliance.

Established in 2002, the MFSA is the single regulator for financial services in Malta. Following its foundation, it took over supervisory functions previously carried out by the Central Bank of Malta, the Malta Stock Exchange, and the Malta Financial Services Centre.

Mr Scicluna joined the authority as an Analyst – Securities and Markets Supervision back in 2010. Over the following 12 years, he enjoyed a series of promotions which have seen climb the corporate ladder to serve as a Senior Analyst, Senior Manager, Deputy Head, and most recently, Head of Financial Crime Compliance.

Prior to joining the MFSA, Mr Scicluna spent just over two years at FIMBank in the capacity of an Analyst.

The newly appointed Head of Financial Crime Compliance holds a Master of Arts in Financial Services from the University of Malta, and two International Diplomas (one in AML/CFT and one in Financial Crime Prevention) from the University of Manchester, amongst other academic qualifications.