Kurt Farrugia was appointed Chief Executive Officer of the Authority of Transport in Malta on 12 August 2024.
Mr. Farrugia was appointed Chief Executive Officer of Malta Enterprise on 1st August 2019. He led the Malta Government’s economic response to the Covid 19 pandemic with a budget of over €800 million. Attracted significant Foreign Direct Investment to Malta.
Previously, he served as Head of Government Communication and spokesperson for the Prime Minister between 2013 and 2019.
In August 2017, the Prime Minister appointed Mr Farrugia on the Malta-UK Business Promotion Task Force where he actively contributed on matters related to investment promotion in the UK. In April 2019 he was appointed on the New Economic Niches Committee of Malta Enterprise.
Mr. Farrugia formed part of the Task Force organising the Valletta Summit on Migration and the Commonwealth Head of Governments Meeting held in 2015, as well as the Informal European Council during Malta’s Presidency of the Council of the European Union in February 2017. He accompanied the Prime Minister in most of his international engagements at EU level.
Mr. Farrugia’s career before his role at the Office of the Prime Minister was in journalism and politics. He graduated in Communications and obtained a Masters Degree in Entrepreneurship at the University of Malta.
