Curriculum Vitae
Personal information
First name / Surname
Address
Telephone
E-mail
Nationality
Date of birth
Gender
Malta Passport No.
EDWIN CALLEJA
36 Mayfly Lodge, Misrah San Alwigi, Birkirkara BKR 1471, MALTA
(00356) 21443544
Mobile: (00356)
79443544
edwincal@maltanet.net
Maltese
4th May, 1939
Male
647203
Work experience
Dates
Position held
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2008 – to date
Director, Kordin Grain Terminal Co. Ltd, Malta
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Type of business or sector
Dates
Position held
Type of business or sector
Dates
Position
held
Type of sector
Responsiblities and Initiatives
undertaken
Grains Storage and Transhipment Business
May, 2004 – September, 2010
Member of the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) in Brussels since Malta assumed
membership of the EU in 2004. Represents the interests of national employer,commerce and industry
organizations in Malta. Active membership of the ECO (Economic and Financial Matters) Section, the INT
(Internal Market) Section, the SOC (Social Affairs and Nationality ) Section, the Euro-Med Committee
besides also serving for a number of years on the Consultative Commission for Industrial Change (CCMI)
that brings together the representatives of various sectors of European industry and promotes and
safeguards their interests. Served as Rapporteur, member and Chairman of Study Groups in the EESC in
industrial matters, Internal Market, Economic, Financial, Banking Social and Employment Issues and
Immigration matters, and have represented the Committee at International and Regional meetings in EU
countries, Israel and Mediterranean countries that are members of the Union for the Mediterranean(UfM).
The European Economic and Social Committee formulates its technical opinions on Draft Directives,
Regulations proposed by Parliament, Council of Ministers and the European Commission. It also issues
own-initiative and exploratory opinions.
1988-2004
Director General of the Malta Federation of Industry (MFOI).
National Lobbying Organisation in favour of Industry
As the permanent head of the Secretariat of the Federation and the sole adviser of the President of the
MFOI, I actively participated in consultations with the Prime Minister and other Ministers of the Malta
Government, and the Trade Unions in the furtherance of the best interests of Industry in Malta. I took part
in delegations to different countries in the interests of industry in Malta. I initiated a number of
developments and actions taken by the Federation including the first attempt at a Tripartite Agreement in
Malta 1990 which established Social Dialogue. I was also a contributor to, and Editor of, the publications of
the Federation. I had the responsibility of chairing various sectoral committees and together with the
Council of the Federation formulated policy recommendations with action plans and took appropriate steps
for their implementation.
I took the initiative of developing international participation for the Malta Federation of Industry, including
membership of Business Europe, in Brussels. For several years I represented the Malta Federation of
Industry on the Executive Committee of BUSINESS EUROPE , previously known as the Union of Industrial
and Employers Confederations of Europe (UNICE). I participated actively and addressed various
assemblies on Social Dialogue held between member states and candidate countries. I also took a very
active part in the Euro-Mediterranean Industrial Forum that took root after the Barcelona Declaration of
1995 between the Business Federations of the then fifteen EU member countries and those from the twelve
Mediterranean countries including Malta. This initiative led to long negotiations leading to the formation in
2001 of a Union of Mediterranean Confederations of Enterprise (now called Business Med) in which the
Malta Federation of Industry was a founder-member. I was a key speaker in several Mediterranean fora on
the subject, and served as Chairman and Rapporteur respectively on Working Groups in Euro-Med
Business Summits. I was co-Chairman of the Euro-Med Business Forum held in Malta in 1996.
I played a leading role in a number of studies assessing EU membership for Malta and several reports and
position papers which were published by the Malta Federation of Industry. I was the main spokesman for
the Federation of Industry with the Government of Malta in discussions and preparation of Malta’s
negotiating position on various aspects of EU membership at national level within the Malta-EU Action and
Steering Committee (MEUSAC).
I also represented national industry and employers’ organisations on the Government-constituted Retail
Price Index Advisory Committee, on the National Employment Relations Board and on the Consultative
Committee of the Small Business Unit instituted by the Ministry of Finance and Economic Affairs
1983-88
Dates
Responsibilities
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Type of Sector
Positions held
General Manager, Swan Laundry Co Ltd, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Corinthia Group of Companies
Industrial Laundry
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Before joining the MFOI, I was responsible for running the largest industrial laundry in Malta wholly owned
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by the Corinthia Group of Companies, one of the largest group of Companies in the Tourism Industry based
in Malta and which in recent years spread its portfolio of hotel ownership and management to various
European member states, Russia, Africa, and a number of Mediterranean, Central and Eastern European
countries.
Mother tongues
Maltese and English
Other language(s)
Self-assessment
European level (*)
Italian
French
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Understanding
Listening
Reading
Speaking
Spoken interaction
Writing
Spoken production
Very Good
Very Good
Very Good
Very Good
Very Good
Good
Very Good
Fairly Good
Good
Very Good
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