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LEADERSHIP

At the helm of Hili Ventures is a board of directors passionately committed to our vision for sustained growth.

Our directors bring to the table a determination to give real value to every one of our stakeholders through their collective wealth of skills and international management experience.

Board of Directors

Steve Tarr

Chairman

Melo Hili

Chief Executive Officer

Victor Tedesco

Director

Annabel Hili

Director

Jesmond Mizzi

Director

Management Team

Melo Hili
Dorian Desira
David Vella
Joanna Ripard
Eddy vermier
Valentin Truta

CEO's and Managing Directors

Victor Tedesco

Keith Busuttil

George Kakouras

Geoffrey Camilleri

Steve Tarr

Steve Tarr
Chairman

Steve Tarr is a certified management consultant and sits on a number of company boards in the UK, Malta and Germany. He has been involved in more than 20 mergers and acquisitions and is a specialist in supporting organisations in change management and people management. Mr Tarr established Mdina International, his management and people consultancy in 1980, after an apprenticeship in engineering and a career in sales in the UK. He has delivered bespoke training programmes to thousands of people within organisations of all sizes in more than 30 countries. Mdina International has offices in the UK, Malta and Germany.

Melo Hili

Melo Hili
Chief Executive Officer

Melo Hili joined the family business in 1988 and was appointed Managing Director of Motherwell Bridge, then a joint venture with Motherwell Bridge Group of Scotland. He later also headed the company’s Italian operation and was a board member of Motherwell Bridge Bhicam in the Bahamas. Mr Hili was named Developmental Licencee for McDonald’s in Malta in 2005, for Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania in 2007, for Greece in 2011, and for Romania in 2016. He is also Chairman of Premier Capital plc and a member of the board of directors of Hili Finance plc.

Victor Tedesco

Victor Tedesco
Director

Victor Tedesco joined the McDonald’s team in Malta before the first of nine restaurants opened in 1995. He was St Julian’s restaurant manager in Malta for three years during which time he won a Manager of the Year award. Mr Tedesco was later appointed Operations Manager and moved to head office. In 2007, he was appointed Director of Operations for the Baltics and moved to Riga for three and a half years. In 2011, he was entrusted with leading the operation in Greece. He returned to Malta in 2014 as Managing Director for Malta and Greece. He assumed responsibility for all six McDonald’s markets in 2015 and now holds the position of Chief Executive Officer of Premier Capital plc. Mr Tedesco is also Chairman of HV Hospitality.

Annabel Hili

Annabel Hili
Director

Annabel Hili was appointed to the board of Hili Ventures in 2019 and currently occupies the role of Director of Legal, overseeing legal matters for the group’s Malta-based entities. She is also involved in strategic business transformation designed to inspire the group’s people and create momentum to impact portfolio and performance.

Having previously worked as an associate at a top-tier Maltese law firm, her areas of expertise include data protection, technology, media and telecommunications, and intellectual property law. Dr Hili graduated Doctor of Laws from the University of Malta in 2015 and was called to the Bar in 2016. She holds an LLM in the Law of Internet Technology from Bocconi University in Milan. 

Dr Hili also sits on the board of HV Hospitality Limited.

Jesmond Mizzi

Jesmond mizzi
Director

Jesmond Mizzi is managing director of Jesmond Mizzi Financial Advisors. He has a financial services career spanning almost 20 years. In 2002, he co-founded Jesmond Mizzi Financial Services after holding senior roles with a listed company in Malta. Mr Mizzi previously spent six years managing a family catering business and was at PricewaterhouseCoopers for seven years. He has also served as a Director of Premier Capital plc.