Louise Vella

Louise started her career in the corporate and financial services industry way back in 2000. She currently heads the AML Compliance Department, being actively involved in regulatory and compliance matters at all levels of the organisation, corporate governance and risk management.

She previously led the company’s Corporate and Tax Department for over a decade where she offered consultancy to companies setting up their operations in Malta. Prior to joining Papilio, Louise held leadership roles with international firms which serviced an international client base with accounting, tax, corporate, trading support and immigration services.

Louise graduated with a Chartered Banker MBA from Bangor University (UK). She also holds a Diploma in Taxation awarded by the Malta Institute of Taxation and has completed the Foundation Certificate in Trust Law and Management and the Introduction to the Virtual Financial Assets Act course both organised and delivered by the Institute for Financial Services Practitioners (IFSP).

She is a fellow member of the Malta Institute of Taxation (MIT) and a member of the Institute of Financial Service Practitioners (IFSP), the International Fiscal Association (IFA) and the Chartered Banker Institute in the UK.

Louise is fluent in English, Maltese and Italian.