Tony Zahra Email and Phone Number

In 1967 the first Alpine Group company was set up Alpine Rentacar. From then onwards followed other initiatives leading to the growth and expansion of the Alpine Group which includes, Alpine Sterlng Travel and Europcar (Malta) and investments in other Hospitality related activities. In 1996 I set up Bastion Holdings Ltd which today owns Fexserv Financial Services Ltd , Fexserv Fund administration, Bastion Wealth, and one4all Gift vouchers and has interests and investments in other financial services organisations. One of the long held group investments is Comtec Service Ltd. During the past years, I held various Government appointments including directorships at The Malta Development Corporation (now Malta Enterprise), Malta International Airport plc and Air Malta plc and chairman of Malta Industrial Parks Ltd. I held office in a number of constituted bodies including as Senior Vice President of the Federation of Industries, Council Member of the Malta Chamber of Commerce, and more recently the Malta Hotels and Restaurants Association, where I hold the position of President of the Association. In 2015 together with Andrew Agius Muscat and others I was a founder member of the Mediterranean Tourism Foundation which was established to bring together representatives from all Mediterranean countries to promote and lobby joint actions in favor of Mediterranean Tourism. I was appointed and still hold the position of President of the foundation. In September 2015 I was appointed as the representative of Malta's Employer organizations to sit on the EU mandated European Economic and Social Council (EESC) where I served for five years. In 1994 I was appointed Hon. Consul of the Republic of Lithuania for Malta. In 2004 I was decorated with the Cross of officer of the Order of Lithuania Grand Duke Gediminas of Lithuania for services rendered to Lithuania. In December 2011 I was appointed Consul General of the Republic of Lithuania in Malta. I retired from this position of Hon. consul General in May 2019. On the 13 December 2019 - Malta’s Republic day - I was decorated by the President of Malta and was entered as a member of The National order of Merit.