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The Malta Institute of Accountants upcoming events https://www.miamalta.org/Digital The Malta Institute of Accountants upcoming events The Malta Institute of Accountants Wild Apricot - membership management software and more en Mon, 27 Apr 2026 18:45:47 GMT Mon, 27 Apr 2026 18:45:47 GMT Wed, 24 Jun 2026 11:30:00 GMT M26066 - Get Digital Right: Overcoming Barriers to Digital Transformation (Online) (24 Jun 2026) <h5 style="font-size: 14px;">Registration Time: 13:15<br> Sessions Time<font style="font-family: "Ubuntu Condensed", Arial, sans-serif;">: 13: 30 - 16:45  including a 15-minute break<br> Speaker: Mr Pierre Mallia, Mr Kurt Rapinett & Mr Antoine Fenech<br> Venue: <span>  Online Webinar</span></font></h5> <h5 style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 14px;"></h5> <h5 style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 14px;"></h5> <h5 style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 14px;"></h5> <h5 style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 14px;"><font style="font-size: 14px;"><font style="font-family: "Ubuntu Condensed", Arial, sans-serif;">Participation Fees </font><br></font><font style="font-size: 14px;">MIA Members: €40.00<br></font><font style="font-size: 14px;">Non-MIA Members: €75.00<br></font><font style="font-size: 14px;">Retired Members: €20.00<br></font><font style="font-size: 14px;">Students: €30.00</font></h5> <p style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 18px;"><strong><font face="Ubuntu Condensed, Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14px;">*Group bookings for 3 or more participants available.</font></strong></p> <h4 style="font-size: 18px;"><font color="#7A0026" style="font-size: 18px;">BACKGROUND INFORMATION</font></h4> <h5 style="font-size: 18px;"></h5> <h5><font style="font-size: 14px;">This session will provide financial services leaders and professionals with a practical understanding of how to successfully navigate digital transformation. As the industry faces increasing pressure from evolving customer expectations, regulatory demands, and technological disruption, many organisations struggle not with whether to transform, but how to do so effectively.<br></font><font style="font-size: 14px;">The session will focus on the critical factors that must be addressed at the outset of any transformation initiative to avoid common pitfalls and ensure long-term success. It will explore the structural and operational barriers that often hinder progress, and provide actionable insights on how to overcome them.</font></h5> <h5 style="font-size: 18px;"></h5> <h4 style="font-size: 18px;"><font style="font-size: 18px;"><strong><font color="#7A0026">SPECIFIC TOPICS TO BE COVERED DURING THE SESSION</font></strong></font></h4> <ul> <li> <h5 style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;"><font style="font-size: 14px;">What successful digital transformation really means for finance professionals</font></h5> </li> <li> <h5 style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;"><font style="font-size: 14px;">Why transformation programmes fail (and the most common pitfalls)</font></h5> </li> <li> <h5 style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;"><font style="font-size: 14px;">Structural and operational barriers (data, legacy systems, operating model, governance)</font></h5> </li> <li> <h5 style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;"><font style="font-size: 14px;">Key success factors to get right at the outset</font></h5> </li> <li> <h5 style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;"><font style="font-size: 14px;">Turning strategy into execution and prioritised roadmaps</font></h5> </li> <li> <h5 style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;"><font style="font-size: 14px;">Building scalable, sustainable transformation using data and technology</font></h5> </li> </ul> <h4 style="font-size: 18px;"><font style="font-family: Ubuntu, Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(122, 0, 38); font-weight: 700; font-size: 18px;">Why is the session of relevance to our members?</font><span> </span></h4> <h5 style="font-size: 18px;"></h5> <h5><font color="#000000" style="font-size: 14px;">Firms are investing heavily in digital transformation but often struggle to realise value. This session focuses on the practical “how”, what typically goes wrong, and how to avoid it. Members will gain actionable insights to improve execution, strengthen governance, and ensure transformation delivers measurable business outcomes.</font></h5> <h4 style="background-color: transparent; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; color: rgb(122, 0, 38);"></h4> <h5 style="background-color: transparent;"></h5> <h5 style="background-color: transparent;"></h5> <div> <ul style="font-family: "Ubuntu Condensed", Arial, sans-serif;"></ul> </div> <h4 style="line-height: 15px; color: rgb(122, 0, 38); font-size: 18px;"><strong>Target Audience</strong></h4> <h5 style="font-size: 18px;"></h5> <h5><font style="font-size: 14px;">Executive Leadership Team <br> Senior Executive Team<br> Top Leadership<br> Executive Management</font></h5> <h4 style="margin-bottom: 0px; color: rgb(122, 0, 38); margin-top: 0px !important; font-size: 18px;"><strong>Speaker's Profile</strong></h4> <h5 style="font-size: 18px;"></h5> <h5><font style="font-size: 14px;">PIERRE MALLIA - Director, Technology & Transformation, Deloitte Malta<br></font><font style="font-size: 14px;">Pierre is a seasoned ICT professional and entrepreneur with over 30 years of experience, having worked on engagements in various industries such as the public sector, telecommunications, software development, manufacturing, healthcare, media, retail, transportation, financial services and recruitment.<br></font><font style="font-size: 14px;">Throughout his career, Pierre has been involved in both start-ups and large-scale enterprises, including founding a number of startups. He spent seven years at Microsoft where, as Country Manager, he played a key role in the successful establishment and growth of the company’s subsidiary in Malta. In 2010, Pierre founded iMovo Ltd, a company specialised in helping businesses achieve agility, scalability and deliver a better customer experience through digital transformation.<br></font><font style="font-size: 14px;">Pierre holds a degree in Computer Science from Kingston University and has further refined his leadership skills through executive development programmes at the National University of Singapore and INSEAD. Pierre is also passionate about technology, travel and underwater photography.</font></h5> <h5><font style="font-size: 14px;">KURT RAPINETT, Senior Manager, Technology & Transformation, Deloitte Malta<br> Kurt leads the Data & AI offering within Deloitte Malta’s Technology & Transformation business. With over a decade of experience in top-tier management consulting firms, he brings a diverse industry background spanning financial services, retail and logistics, payments, gaming, hospitality, and the public sector.<br> He oversees the delivery of technology-enabled advisory and transformation projects, with a focus on technology and data strategy, system integration and migration, advanced analytics, automation and AI, FP&A/EPM solutions, and cybersecurity.<br> Kurt holds an MBA from Heriot-Watt University in Edinburgh. He is a member of the Malta Institute of Accountants’ Digital Committee and AI Working Group. Within Deloitte, he leads the Emerging Technology and Artificial Intelligence Strategic Growth Offering (SGO) in Malta, helping shape and drive Deloitte's innovation agenda in these areas.</font></h5> <h5 style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;"><font style="font-size: 14px;">ANTOINE FENECH - Director, Audit & Assurance, Deloitte Malta</font></h5> <h5 style="margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"><font style="font-size: 14px;">Antoine is a Director in Audit & Assurance at Deloitte Malta, appointed in June 2022. He currently leads both the Accounting and Reporting Advisory (ARA) and Accounting Operations Advisory (AOA) teams within the practice.<br> His core expertise encompasses assurance and compliance services, including ESG reporting, internal control assessments, statutory audits, and ESEF Directive advisory. He has extensive experience implementing IFRS standards—particularly IFRS 15, 9, and 16—delivering training to management and leading implementation projects across Financial Services, Insurance, Construction, Retail, Distribution, and Aviation sectors. He also manages ERP and EPM software implementations.<br> Between 2015 and 2017, Antoine completed a 24-month secondment at Deloitte's London office, where he provided audit and advisory services to multinational, FTSE-listed, and national insurance entities. During this period, he obtained PCAOB accreditation and led SOX 404 reporting for a US-listed insurance advisory and broking company. He also served as a technical accountant for one of the UK's largest insurance intermediaries and conducted IPO readiness assessments for leading life insurers.<br> Beyond his client work, Antoine actively contributes to the Malta Institute of Accountants, serving on working groups focused on ESEF and the Corporate Social Responsibility Directive (CSRD).</font><span> </span></h5> <h5 style="line-height: 15px; font-size: 18px;"></h5> <h4 style="color: rgb(122, 0, 38); margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px !important; font-size: 18px;"><strong>EVeNT CPE COMPETENCies</strong></h4> <h5><font style="font-size: 14px;">3 Professional</font></h5> <h4 style="margin-bottom: 0px; color: rgb(122, 0, 38); margin-top: 0px !important; font-size: 18px;"><strong>WEBINARS TERMS AND CONDITIONS</strong></h4> <h5 style="background-color: transparent; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px !important; font-size: 14px;"><strong><a href="https://www.miamalta.org/sys/website/?pageId=18184" title="https://www.miamalta.org/sys/website/?pageId=18184">Terms and conditions</a>  apply</strong></h5> <p style="margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important; font-size: 18px;"><br></p> <h4 style="margin-bottom: 0px; color: rgb(122, 0, 38); margin-top: 0px !important; font-size: 18px;"><strong>DISCLAIMER</strong></h4> <h5 style="font-size: 14px;"><strong>By Registering and/or Booking for this event, you agree that MIA will collect your information which will be using it in accordance with its Privacy Notice available at the following <a href="https://www.miamalta.org/Privacy-Notice">link</a>.</strong></h5> <h5 style="font-size: 14px;"><strong>Please note that all webinars are recorded by the MIA. Such recordings will be retained by the MIA for internal use.</strong></h5> https://www.miamalta.org/event-6648800 https://www.miamalta.org/event-6648800 Tue, 21 Jul 2026 07:15:00 GMT M26072 - Cybersecurity for Financial Data (Online) (21 Jul 2026) <h5 style="font-size: 14px;">Registration Time: 09:00<br> Sessions Time<font style="font-family: "Ubuntu Condensed", Arial, sans-serif;">: 09:15 - 12:30  including a 15-minute break<br> Speakers: Mr Sandro Psaila &B Ms Allaine Pascual<br> Venue: <span>  Online Webinar</span></font></h5> <h5 style="font-size: 14px; background-color: transparent;"></h5> <h5 style="font-size: 14px; background-color: transparent;"></h5> <h5 style="font-size: 14px; background-color: transparent;"></h5> <h5 style="font-size: 14px; background-color: transparent;"><font style="font-size: 14px;"><font style="font-family: "Ubuntu Condensed", Arial, sans-serif;">Participation Fees </font><br></font><font style="font-size: 14px;">MIA Members: €40.00<br></font><font style="font-size: 14px;">Non-MIA Members: €75.00<br></font><font style="font-size: 14px;">Retired Members: €20.00<br></font><font style="font-size: 14px;">Students: €30.00</font></h5> <p style="font-size: 18px; background-color: transparent;"><strong><font face="Ubuntu Condensed, Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14px;">*Group bookings for 3 or more participants available.</font></strong></p> <h4 style="font-size: 18px;"><font color="#7A0026" style="font-size: 18px;">BACKGROUND INFORMATION</font></h4> <h5 style="font-size: 18px;"></h5> <h5><font style="font-size: 14px;">Financial data has become one of the most attractive targets for cybercriminals, exposing organisations to fraud, regulatory sanctions, operational disruption, and reputational damage. As finance teams increasingly rely on cloud platforms, digital workflows, third party providers, and AI enabled tools, cybersecurity risk is now firmly a finance and governance issue, not just an IT concern. Regulators, auditors, and boards expect finance professionals to understand how cyber risk affects financial reporting, compliance, and business resilience.</font></h5> <h4 style="font-size: 18px;"><font style="font-size: 18px;"><strong><font color="#7A0026">SPECIFIC TOPICS TO BE COVERED DURING THE SESSION</font></strong></font></h4> <h5 style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;"><font style="font-size: 14px;">• Why financial data is a prime cyber target<br> • Phishing, Business Email Compromise (BEC), ransomware, and insider threats<br> • AI enabled fraud, deepfakes, and emerging cyber risks<br> • Core cybersecurity controls for finance teams<br> • Access management, segregation of duties, and payment controls<br> • Regulatory and audit expectations (GDPR, DORA, NIS2, SOX, SOC reports, PCI DSS)<br> • Incident response and regulatory notification requirements<br> • Third party and supply chain cyber risk<br> • Building a cyber resilient finance function</font></h5> <h5 style="margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"><font style="font-family: "Ubuntu Condensed", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">• A practical action plan for immediate improvement</font></h5> <h5 style="font-size: 18px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); margin-top: 0px !important;"></h5> <h4 style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 15px; color: rgb(122, 0, 38);"><strong>Why is the session of relevance to our members?</strong></h4> <h5 style="font-size: 18px;"><font style="font-size: 14px;">Cyber incidents now have direct financial, audit, and regulatory consequences. This session provides finance professionals with clear, practical insights into today’s most relevant cyber threats, the controls auditors and regulators expect to see, and the actions that genuinely reduce risk. Attendees will leave with actionable knowledge they can immediately apply—making this session essential for both members and non members seeking to strengthen their professional effectiveness and protect their organisations.</font></h5> <h4 style="font-size: 16px; background-color: transparent; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; color: rgb(122, 0, 38);"></h4> <h5 style="font-size: 14px; background-color: transparent;"></h5> <h5 style="font-size: 18px; background-color: transparent;"></h5> <div style="font-size: 14px;"> <ul style="font-family: "Ubuntu Condensed", Arial, sans-serif;"></ul> </div> <h4 style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 15px; color: rgb(122, 0, 38);"><strong>Target Audience</strong></h4> <h5 style="font-size: 14px;"></h5> <h5 style="font-size: 18px;"></h5> <ul> <li> <h5 style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;"><font style="font-size: 14px;">CFOs, Finance Directors, and Financial Controllers</font></h5> </li> <li> <h5 style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;"><font style="font-size: 14px;">Accountants, Auditors and finance professionals</font></h5> </li> <li> <h5 style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;"><font style="font-size: 14px;">Risk, compliance, and governance professionals</font></h5> </li> <li> <h5 style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;"><font style="font-size: 14px;">Board and audit committee members, particularly in regulated sectors</font></h5> </li> </ul> <h5 style="font-size: 14px;"></h5> <h5 style="font-size: 18px;"></h5> <h5 style="font-size: 18px; background-color: transparent;"></h5> <h4 style="font-size: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px; color: rgb(122, 0, 38); margin-top: 0px !important;"><strong>Speaker's Profile</strong></h4> <h5 style="font-size: 18px;"></h5> <h5 style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;"><font style="font-size: 14px;"><strong>Sandro Psaila</strong></font></h5> <h5 style="margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px;"><font style="font-size: 14px;">With over 20 years of experience in IT Audit, Information Security, and Revenue Assurance, Sandro is a Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence (CSAI) graduate and a Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA) since 2007. He joined Deloitte Malta in 2016 and leads IT audit engagements supporting statutory audits for national and international organisations. Sandro specialises in assessing the design, implementation and operating effectiveness of IT and cybersecurity controls that mitigate risks to financial reporting, data integrity, and regulatory compliance, particularly within the online gambling and financial services sectors. He leads Deloitte Malta’s IT audit quality approach and technology focused third party assurance engagements under the ISAE 3402 and ISAE 3000 frameworks.</font></h5> <p style="margin-top:0px !important;margin-bottom:0px !important;"><br></p> <h5 style="margin-top: 0px !important;"><font style="font-size: 14px;"><strong>Allaine Pascual<br></strong> Allaine has over a decade of experience in security governance, risk and compliance (GRC), with a strong focus on cybersecurity risk management and control effectiveness. She joined Deloitte Malta in 2025 and has extensive experience supporting PCAOB audits, Sarbanes‑Oxley (SOX) compliance, Information Security Management System (ISMS) and SWIFT audits. Her expertise includes cybersecurity and IT control assessments, third‑party cyber risk management, critical asset and threat assessments, security policy development, and security awareness programmes. Allaine has worked across a wide range of industries, including financial services, gaming, telecommunications, manufacturing, pharmaceuticals, and business process outsourcing.</font></h5> <h4 style="font-size: 18px; color: rgb(122, 0, 38); margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px !important;"><strong>EVeNT CPE COMPETENCies</strong></h4> <p style="font-size: 18px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"><br></p> <h5 style="font-size: 14px; background-color: transparent; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"><strong>3 Core</strong></h5> <p style="font-size: 18px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"><br></p> <h4 style="font-size: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px; color: rgb(122, 0, 38); margin-top: 0px !important;"><strong>WEBINARS TERMS AND CONDITIONS</strong></h4> <h5 style="font-size: 14px; background-color: transparent; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px !important;"><strong><a href="https://www.miamalta.org/events/terms-and-conditions" title="https://www.miamalta.org/sys/website/?pageId=18184" target="_blank">Terms and conditions</a>  apply</strong></h5> <p style="font-size: 18px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"><br></p> <h4 style="font-size: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px; color: rgb(122, 0, 38); margin-top: 0px !important;"><strong>DISCLAIMER</strong></h4> <h5 style="font-size: 14px;"><strong>By Registering and/or Booking for this event, you agree that MIA will collect your information which will be using it in accordance with its Privacy Notice available at the following <a href="https://www.miamalta.org/Privacy-Notice">link</a>.</strong></h5> <h5 style="font-size: 14px;"><strong>Please note that all webinars are recorded by the MIA. Such recordings will be retained by the MIA for internal use.</strong></h5> https://www.miamalta.org/event-6673771 https://www.miamalta.org/event-6673771