Andrew E. Portelli

Background

About Andrew E. Portelli

Andrew is an economist by training, holding a Master of Arts in Economics from the University of Malta and a Master of Science in Finance from the University of York in the UK. He is a risk professional with twenty years of experience in the banking industry. Andrew spent 14 years working at the Central Bank of Malta during which he contributed to different workstreams including ones leading to the development of quantitative financial and stress testing models. He then moved to the Malta Financial Services Authority (MFSA) where he was mainly responsible for the ongoing supervision of less significant credit institutions. He also worked on proposed amendements to local banking regulation. Andrew has represented the Central Bank and the MFSA in various ECB committees and working groups. Andrew now works within the Risk Management function of the Malta Development Bank. Andrew's main competence areas include credit risk, interest rate risk, operational risk, financial modelling, stress testing, ICAAPs, ILAAPs, Recovery Plans and local and EU banking regulation.