IFS-Malta Vice President Re-Elected to the Board and Executive Committee of the European Banking and Financial Services Training Association

Published on Tuesday, 5th July 2022 • News

IFS Malta Vice President, Mr Peter Calleya, has been re-elected to the Board of Directors and Executive Committee of the Brussels-based European Banking and Financial Services Training Association (EBTN) for the period 2023-2025. This was confirmed at the EBTN Annual General Meeting which took place in Larnaca, Cyprus.

IFS Malta Vice President, Mr Peter Calleya, has been re-elected to the Board of Directors and Executive Committee of the Brussels-based European Banking and Financial Services Training Association (EBTN) for the period 2023-2025.  This was confirmed at the EBTN Annual General Meeting which took place in Larnaca, Cyprus.

First elected in 2010, this is the fifth consecutive 3-year term Mr Calleya will be serving on the Board and Executive Committee of EBTN. Over the years, Mr Calleya has been responsible for EBTN’s finances and has also coordinated the development of the Association’s strategic plan. During the same AGM, Ms Fatma Dirkes, from the Frankfurt School of Finance & Management, was re-elected as EBTN President.

Mr Calleya has been a financial services professional for well over 35 years. He is a Chartered Banker, Chartered Marketer and Fellow of both the London Institute of Banking and Finance and Chartered Banker Institute (UK). He has been an elected member of IFS-Malta since 2003, currently serving as Vice President, where he has been highly involved in the Institute’s international, educational and academic activities. He is also an examiner and Senior Visiting Lecturer at the University of Malta.

EBTN is an international not-for-profit association based in Brussels. Its stated mission is to create professional education standards within the European financial services sector and enhance international relations and alliances.

EBTN presently consists of 23 full members hailing from all over Europe together with a number of affiliate and associate members. All member organisations are involved in banking and financial services education and training.

Newly elected Executive Committee of EBTN (from left): Peter Calleya (Institute of Financial Services, Malta); Sladjana Sredojevic (Association of Serbian Banks); Fatma Dirkes-EBTN President (Frankfurt School of Finance & Management); Sophia Ziakou (Hellenic Bank Association, Greece) and Andreas Christou (Institute of Financial Services, Cyprus)  

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