Biographies

Dr. Saviour Paul Gauci
Saviour Gauci graduated as a Certified Public Accountant in Malta in 1974 and obtained an M.A. in Marketing Education at the University of Lancaster, U.K. in 1982 and a Ph.D. in European Studies from the University of Bradford, U.K. in 1994. He started his career as an accountant in the private sector of the economy in 1964. He joined the Department of Education as a teacher of Commerce and Accountancy in 1970 and in 1979, he was appointed Senior Lecturer in Management at the University of Malta. Later on he became the Head of the Department of Marketing, a post he left in July 2000 when he was appointed Ambassador of Malta first to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and the other Gulf States and in September 2003 to the People’s Republic of China and other far eastern countries. Saviour also served as Director with a number of companies amongst which Bank of Valletta Plc., the Malta International Airport Plc. and the Malta Housing Authority. From 1986 to 1990 he was also a member of the Board of Special Commissioners of the Inland Revenue Department. In September 2006, Dr. Gauci took up again his lectureship post with the University of Malta and is currently the Head of the Department of Marketing and the Dean of the Faculty of Economics, Management and Accountancy. He is also the author of a number of articles and studies on marketing and banking and finance topics, a number of which have been presented at international Marketing or Banking & Finance Conferences. His research interests include the Regulation of Markets, aspects of Consumer Behaviour and Consumerism and International Marketing Entry Strategies.

Saviour Gauci

Dr Joseph Azzopardi
Joseph Azzopardi received his Bachelor degree in Public Administration from the University of Malta in 1984. He graduated Master of Science in Human Resource Development, University of Manchester, UK, in 1994 and Doctor of Philosophy in Development Management and Administration, University of Manchester, UK, in 2003. Joseph was employed as a public sector manager for twenty years and as part-time lecturer in Industrial Sociology, Work and Organisation and Human Resource Development for seven years. He joined the University of Malta as full-time lecturer in Human Resource Management in September 2003. He also teaches Qualitative Research methods at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels. His research interests include all aspects of Human Resource Management and Development with special focus on small enterprise, Action Learning and Action Research, business and community development, organisational learning and knowledge management. Joseph is also active in the voluntary sector being Director and co-founder of OASI Foundation – Organisation for Anti-drug Solidarity and Initiative.

Joseph Azzopardi

Dr Frank Bezzina
Frank Bezzina is a full-time lecturer in the Department of Management, Faculty of Economics, Management and Accountancy at the University of Malta. He received his Bachelor of Education with Honours in Mathematics and Physics from the University of Malta 1995. He obtained a Master of Science in Applied Statistics with distinction from the Graduate School of Computing and Management Sciences at Sheffield Hallam University in 2000 and a Doctor of Philosophy in Applied Statistics from the University of Malta in 2004. For over ten years he has been teaching courses in mathematics and applied statistics at undergraduate and post-graduate levels. In the period 1998-2001, he was a marketing consultant specialising on trade in Japan. Currently, he lectures Operations Research, Managerial Decision Modelling and Quantitative Research Methods on the Faculty’s degree and MBA programmes. His research interests focus on data collection and data analysis methodologies applied to business and management research.

Frank Bezzina

Professor Godfrey Baldacchino
Godfrey Baldacchino is Professor of Sociology and Canada Research Chair (Island Studies) at the University of Prince Edward Island, Canada; Visiting Professor of Sociology at the University of Malta, Malta; and Executive Editor of Island Studies Journal (ISSN: 1715-2593). His research interests include successful small business, entrepreneurship and branding strategies from peripheral regions.

Godfrey Baldacchino

Dr Peter Sharp
Peter Sharp is a doctor in Knowledge Management (KM) and information systems (IS) development strategy, and manages the postgraduate Research, Dissertation and Business Skills Programmes at Regent’s Business School London. He is a Senior Lecturer and MA Programme Manager who is experienced in a full range of activities including development, validation and implementation of MA programmes. He is also a PhD supervisor and is currently working in Regent’s College Senate developing its research strategy. His current research interests are in the field of how to create effective knowledge centres in organisations and how action research can address organisational problems.

Peter Sharp