Charles Xuereb, B.A. (Hons) Accty, CPA, FIA, MIM, was appointed Chief Executive Officer of Trident in August 2017 (previously acting as CEO Designate of the Company from 01 June 2016) and is responsible for the property interests of the Trident Group.
After graduating with a Bachelor of Arts Honours degree in Accountancy from the University of Malta in 1991, Mr Xuereb started off his professional career with PricewaterhouseCoopers as an auditor. He joined the SFC Group in 1995 as Chief Accountant of Food Chain Limited, a subgroup operating franchised foods outlets. Subsequently, he was appointed SFC Group Financial Services Manager and in 2004, following the acquisition of the food importation arm, Quintano Foods Limited, he was assigned the key task of integrating the newly acquired company’s finance systems within the SFC Group. During his tenure at Quintano Foods Limited., he held the position of Financial Controller in addition to the overall responsibility of the finance function of Food Chain Limited.
Between 2005 and August 2017, Mr Xuereb served as the Chief Financial Officer of the SFC Group being responsible for the SFC Group’s overall financial management, direction and governance as well as the SFC Group’s Credit Control, Information Technology and Business Services. He was a member of the SFC Group Executive Board and sat on the board of ten companies within the SFC Group, including Trident.
Mr Xuereb is a Certified Public Accountant, a Fellow of the Malta Institute of Accountants, a member of the Malta Institute of Management and was elected President of the Malta Association of Credit Management in 2013, a position he still holds to date.
