Alison Cortis – Head, Company Services Providers Supervision

Alison Cortis is the Head of the Company and Services Providers Supervision function.

She started her professional career in financial services over twenty-five years ago in the private sector, working with an international company specialising in the administration and management of trusts. Subsequently, Alison worked for five years with a local investment firm specialising in brokerage. She joined the MFSA in 2010 as part of the onsite supervision team for the Securities and Markets sector, and later moved to the Trustees and Company Service Providers function, responsible for the supervision of such entities.

In 2020, Alison took on a leading role in relation to the Company Service Providers reform, involved in the legislative amendments and their implementation thereafter. In 2023, she was appointed Deputy Head, responsible for both authorisations pertaining to Trustees and Company Services Providers, as well as further amendments to the CSPs regulatory framework.

Alison holds a Bachelor of Commerce (Hons) in Banking and Finance from the University of Malta and later obtained the Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners (STEP) Diploma in International Trust Management.