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Joseph F.X. Zahra (born December 3, 1955) is a Maltese economist who has held a number of directorships in both private and public companies in Malta and abroad. He is also a lecturer of economics at the University of Malta and had the appointment of “docente a contratto” at the University of Messina, Italy. He is a founding partner and Managing Director of a Maltese company, MISCO.

Joseph is also an author of a book of verse and a writer of plays.

Education
Joseph graduated from University of Malta with a First Class Honours Degree in Economics (1976) and a Masters Degree in Economics (1979). He is also a Chartered Marketer, Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Marketing, besides being a member of the Market Research Society (U.K.). He is a fellow member of the Salzburg Seminar on “Technology and Structural Unemployment” (1986). In 2001 he was granted Honorary Lifelong Membership in the Malta Institute of Management.

Background
He is a founding partner and managing director of Market Intelligence Services Co Ltd (MISCO) and MISCO International Ltd. He is chairman of, C. Fino & Sons Ltd., Document Archives Management Ltd and Multi Risk Ltd. and Multi Risk Indemnity Ltd. He is also director on Middlesea Insurance plc, MSV Life plc, Medserv plc, Multi Risk Benefits Ltd, Combined Maritime Services Ltd, Nemea Bank plc, PowerImage Services Ltd (Cyprus), Promise Professional Services Ltd (Cyprus), Surge Consulting Ltd, 3a Accountants Ltd, Corporate Identities Ltd, the Foundation for Medical Services, United Group Ltd. and United Finance plc.

He is also Chairman of the Audit Committee of Corinthia Palace Hotel Company Ltd.; Chairman of the Audit Committee of Medserv plc and Chairman of the Audit Committee of MSV Life plc and member of the Audit Committee of United Finance plc. He is also a board member of the Vatican-based Centesimus Annus Pro Pontifice Foundation and one of five members on the International Audit Committee of the Holy See and the Vatican State.

Honours
In 2006, the Malta Society for Manufacturers and the Arts granted him the Gold Medal Award for outstanding achievement in business and the arts.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prefecture_for_the_Economic_Affairs_of_the_Holy_See

“Towards Reforming the International Financial and Monetary System” A comment in the Document published by the Pontificial Council for Justice and Peace DISCERN, (2012).

“What kind of Society would you like to live in ?” Converse at Palazzo de Piro, Mdina (2012)

The Sustainability of Malta’s Social Security System: A glimpse at Malta’s Welfare State and Suggestions for a Revised Change of Policy, The Today Public Policy Institute, 2009

Lessons from the Asian crisis :Turning uncertainty  into Market Advantage. Globalisation policies, strategies & partnerships, Commonwealth Business Forum 2000, Edited Papers, Commonwealth Business Council

The Maltese Clothing Industry: Summer 1980 A Survey. Malta Development Corporation, November 1980.