Stephen is an accountant and auditor by profession having completed his ACCA final exams in 1989. He spent 30 years in the profession with Deloitte Malta and was admitted as a partner in 2000. As a partner Stephen served in various leadership roles at Deloitte as Head of Audit, Financial Services Industry Leader and Head of Risk and Regulatory Advisory.

Throughout his career, Stephen has led numerous audit and non-audit assignments for a variety of clients – private, public, listed, state owned, foreign owned, family businesses, regulated entities as well as organisations operating in a variety of sectors including financial services, leisure, entertainment, real estate, transportation, manufacturing, import/distribution, retailing etc.

As Malta evolved to an attractive financial services centre, Stephen focused his efforts on this sector and transformed his client portfolio exclusively to entities regulated by the Malta Financial Services Authority, leading several audit and advisory engagements to clients involved in this sector.