Dr. Gordon Cordina is a leading economist in the Maltese Islands, with a professional experience spanning 25 years covering banking, policy-making, academia and private sector consultancy. He serves as Chairman of the Board of Directors and ESG Committee and is also co-chairman of the Nominations and Remuneration Committee. He is a graduate of the University of Cambridge and the University of Malta. His main area of academic interest is the growth and macroeconomic dynamics facing economies that are prone to heightened risks.

Gordon has several years of Board and Risk Committee experience in major financial institutions in Malta, amongst which at Bank of Valletta. He served as Manager of the Research Department of the Central Bank of Malta, Director General of the National Statistics Office of Malta, Head of the Economics Department of the University of Malta and Economic Advisor to the Malta Council for Economic and Social Development. Through the private consultancy firm he co-founded in 2006, he is involved in a number of local and international research projects and consultancy assignments with institutions including the EU Commission, NGOs and private sector entities. Gordon is a visiting senior lecturer at the University of Malta.

He was appointed Chairman of the Bank of Valletta in October 2020, of Mapfre MSV Life in September 2021 and director of Mapfre Middlesea in September 2022.