Wilfred Kennely has been appointed Malta's first resident High Commissioner to India, the government announced yesterday.
Mr Kennely is the director general of the Federation of Industry, a position he has occupied since January 2005.
Between 2001 and 2004 he was executive head of the Malta Council for Science and Technology and before that he was general manager of Standard Publications Ltd for two years.
Mr Kennely is also the chairman of the Manoel Theatre.