NEW CHAIRMAN FOR THE MALTA ARBITRATION CENTRE

NEW CHAIRMAN FOR THE MALTA ARBITRATION CENTRE

Professor David Attard, Chairman of the Malta Arbitration Centre Board of Governors, has tendered his resignation to the Minister for Justice and Local Government. In accepting his resignation, Dr. Austin Gatt thanked him for his unflinching efforts to ensure that the Centre was set up on solid foundations and backed by modern legislation and expressed Government's view that had it not been for Professor's Attard determination, the Centre would still be on the drawing board.

Professor Attard stated that he took his decision with great reluctance. It was mainly influenced by his heavy professional commitments, and the fact that after over two and a half years as Chairman and many other years involved in the drafting of the Malta Arbitration Act, he felt that he had completed his main task for the promulgation of an Arbitration Act, which takes into account the contemporary needs of our society and provides the basis for the establishment of Malta as an international arbitral centre.

In the meantime, the Cabinet of Ministers yesterday approved the nomination of a new Chairman, Dr. Max Ganado.

Dr. Max Ganado's c.v. follows…. 

Dr. Max Ganado – Curriculum vitae

Born 1959;

LL.D., 1981, University of Malta, Malta;

LL.M., 1983, Dalhousie University, Nova Scotia, Canada.

Bar Admission, 1982, Superior Courts of Malta;

Dr. Ganado has practised for the last 18 years with the firm of Professor J.M. Ganado & Associates. He specialised in the field of maritime law, covering cargo claims, ship registration and ship finance and was involved in several relevant maritime arbitration cases which came before our courts in recent years. He was a founding member of the Maritime Associates which sought to introduce maritime arbitration rules to encourage arbitration in Malta a few years ago. Since 1994 he has practised in the fields of banking and investment services.

He has also been involved in various Legislation Drafting Committees over the years. Dr. Ganado has published a book on Marine Cargo Delays as well as various articles on Maritime Law, banking, investment services and voluntary organisations in international publications and has participated in international seminars on such subjects. He is part-time external lecturer on investment services at the University of Malta.

He is married to Veronica and has three daughters, Elizabeth, Sarah and Stephanie.