Edward Zammit Lewis, Parliamentary Secretary for Competitiveness and Economic growth, met with the British High Commissioner Rob Luke during which a number of areas for Economic Growth and Competitiveness between the two countries were discussed.

The Parliamentary Secretary highlighted that trade exchanges between Malta and UK are strong and spread over very wide sectors. Both parties agreed that the main areas for new collaboration could be the maritime, gaming, financial services and digital economy industries.

In effect, Edward Zammit Lewis explained to Mr Rob Luke that the Government has put the Maritime Industry high on its agenda where it aims to make Malta a Mediterranean Hub. The Maltese culture, history, language and tradition support better economical and cultural collaboration between the two countries, particularly there are various British interests in Malta, where around 1500 companies in Malta have British shareholding.

Mr Rob Luke joined the British Diplomatic Service in 2000; in 2002 he was seconded to the Brazilian Diplomatic Institute before serving for three years as Political and Press Officer at the British Embassy in Brasilia. Rob returned to the FCO in London in 2005 as Head of the War Crimes Section in the International Organisations Department.

In 2008 he was seconded to the French Immigration Ministry, and then served for four years as Counsellor for Justice and Home Affairs at the British Embassy in Paris.

He took up the position of British High Commissioner to Malta in October 2012.

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