Tony De Bono appointed Malta’s first ambassador to Jordan

Former CEO of Telemalta Corporation appointed ambassador to Jordan.

Tony De Bono has been appointed Malta’s first Ambassador to Jordan. This appointment followed an earlier successful nomination submitted by the Government of Malta in 2007 for De Bono to take up the position of President of the European Conference of Postal and Telecommunications Administrations.

A former CEO of Telemalta Corporation, the Maltese Telecommunications Services Provider, De Bono is also Chairman Emeritus of the Commonwealth Telecommunication Organisation (CTO) and a perpetual Ambassador of the organisation. He served for more than 15 years as Malta’s Special Envoy to the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) and was Malta’s candidate to contest the post of ITU Secretary General.

De Bono is also Chairman of the Telecommunication Executive Management Institute of Canada (TEMIC) Chapter for Europe, Middle East and North Africa. From 1971 to 1983 De Bono was the private secretary to three Maltese Government Ministers with policy and executive level experiences in portfolios ranging from Telecommunications, Health and the Environment to Industry, Agriculture, Fisheries and National Infrastructural Development.

He served as CEO of Telemalta Corporation from 1983-1997, with a brief to

modernise the telecommunications infrastructure of the Maltese Islands and to project Malta in the international telecommunications arena. During his term of office, Malta was singled out as the role model for telecommunications development at the ITU World Telecommunications development Conference at Buenos Aires in 1994.

He also represented the interests of Telemalta as a director on the Vodafone – Malta Board, after having successfully introduced mobile telephony services in Malta in 1989, with Malta becoming the first country that Vodafone invested in outside the UK.

From 1997-2002, De Bono served as the Personal Consultant to the Chairman of Maltacom (successor of Telemalta Corporation) and was concurrently appointed as Deputy Chairman and Chairman of Maltapost, the National Postal Services provider.

In 2002 and 2003 De Bono was Chairman of the European Telecommunications Network Operators (ETNO) organisation, the strongest lobby for the industry with the European Commission in Brussels.

During his recent tenure of office (2004-2006) as Chair of the CTO, the organisation secured the highest ever recognition from Commonwealth Heads of Government when at the 2005 Summit in Malta the CTO became a full member of the Steering Committee tasked to implement the Commonwealth Action Programme for the Digital Divide (CAPDD).

From 2006 to 2008 De Bono was appointed Personal Consultant to the Minister for Communications and Transport

De Bono has had strong links with Sport. For six years (1989-1995) he was President of the National Team Supporters Club when the Ta’ Qali stadium used to be the centre of attraction during national football games. For almost 20 years he was Chairman of the Community Chest Fund’s Sports Commission, working under four Presidents of Malta.

He is also the Honorary President of the Inter Club of Malta but his close 10-year association with the President, Victor Tedesco, during the historic and glorious era of Hamrun Spartans ranks high in his notable achievements. For eight years (2000-2008) he was Council Director and Secretary General of the Malta Racing Club, enabling horse racing to reach its highest level of international visibility. This achievement must have played a determining role for Tony to be voted as the runner-up Sports Official of the Year in 2007.

Anthony De Bono, who holds a post-graduate degree in Business Management (University of Brunel/Henley Management College) is an international telecommunication consultant who travelled widely on special trade and diplomatic missions. For four years (1986-1990) he was a Member of both the Engineering and the Management faculty Boards of the University of Malta.

De Bono established his own Management Consultancy firm Anthony De Bono & Associates serving prestigious local and international firms, including the Tumas Group of Companies, Investcom Holdings and the Mikati Group.

He is currently Chairman of the John’s Group Executive Board and Management Consultant to a significant number of business entities. He is a founder Member and a Board Trustee of the Tumas Fenech Foundation for Education in Journalism and for more than 15 years was a regular contributor in The Sunday Times of Malta on international telecommunications development.

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