Positions

• Member, Marine and Maritime Board, Government of Malta, Ministry for Education, Sport, Youth, Research and Innovation, 2022 - to date
• Member on the UM Committee for Research Engagement, 2020 - to date
• Vice President of the Royal Initiation of Naval Architects, RINA UK to present the Institution and the members of the European Region (2019 – to date)
• Council Member of the Royal Institute of Naval Architects, RINA, London, UK, April 2017 - to date 
• Fellow Member. The Royal Institution of Naval Architects, London, UK.  2018 - to date 
• Member: The Royal Institution of Naval Architects, London, UK.  2009 - 2018
• Chartered Member:  Engineering Council in membership of the Royal Institution of Naval Architects, London, UK.  2012 - to date
• Chair of the University Maritime Platform, University of Malta, December 2016 - to date
• University of Malta Representative to the Malta Maritime Forum, MMF, October 2016 - to date
• Coordinator of the Maritime Engineering area of study, University of Malta, Faculty of Engineering 2008 - to date
• Honorary Secretary:  RINA-IMarEST Malta Joint Branch: 2010 – 2012, 2013 - to date
• Member:  RINA-IMarEST Malta Joint Branch: 2010 - to date
• Warranted Member: Chamber of Engineers: 2011 - to date 
• Board of Governors of the Malta Competition and Consumers Affair Authority, MCCAA: Appointed by the office of the Prime Minister and the Parliamentary Secretary, June 2011 – May 2013
• Member of the Board of Professional Engineers, MRRA: Appointed by the Minister of Resources and Rural Affairs, July 2011 – March 2013
• Member: Scientific Committee Member for ATENA: Italian Association of Marine Engineering – October 2012, October 2015
• Chairman:  Industrial Advisory Board, IAB between the UM and the Maritime Sector, 2011 – 2014
• Member, Chamber of Engineers, 2009 – 2010
• Member, Faculty of Engineering, Faculty Board, 2011-2013
• Member, Faculty of Engineering, Doctoral Committee, 2011-2012
• Member & Chair Faculty of Engineering Academic Affairs Group, 2011-2013
• Reviewer for various international journals and conferences  

Professional Affiliations - Warrants and Memberships

• Ministry of Resources and Infrastructure, Malta.  Engineering Warrant no. 1178
  
• Chamber of Engineers, Malta. Warranted Member no.1346
  
• Department of Education, Malta. Teaching Warrant no. 8501
  
• Royal Institute of Naval Architects, RINA, UK. Membership no. 00293563
  
• General Teaching Council for England, UK. Teacher Reference no. 96/60059 
  
• Engineering Council, Chartered Membership, UK Reference no. 595460
  

Awards 

• Recognition of excellence of knowledge and understanding, teaching and assessment, pupil progress, wider professional effectiveness and professional characteristics. Threshold Standards for Teachers, (2002) Dffe U.K.
  
• Royal Institution of Naval Architects, RINA, UK, Jeom Paik Prize for the best co-authored paper (following the supervision of an M.Sc. by Research project) and published in the International Journal of Maritime Engineering 2018 on the subject of Ship Structures