He holds a degree in Pharmacy from the University of Malta and a PhD in Pharmaceutics from the University of Illinois at Chicago, where he worked as a Research Assistant in nanoparticle formulation at the Institute for Tuberculosis Research. He also has experience as a contract Qualified Person, and Quality Assurance and Regulatory Affairs consultant. He is currently the President of the Malta Qualified Persons Association and Chairman of the Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Business Section within the Malta Chamber of Commerce, Enterprise and Industry. He has been designated a Fellow of both the Royal Society of Chemistry and the Institute of Science and Technology, and is a Pharmaceutical Scientist member of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society. Prior to becoming President, he served as Vice-President Communications of EIPG from 2008 to 2016.