Appointed to the Board on 25 October 2000 and has been appointed Chairman of the Company in October 2017. Mr Farrugia is a Fellow Member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in the UK and is also Chairman of the Multigas and Farrugia Investments Groups. Mr Farrugia was the founding President of the Foundation of Human Resources and past President of the Malta Chamber of Commerce. In January 2010, he was appointed Chairman of the Malta Tourism Authority and in May 2011 he resigned this post to be appointed non-executive chairman of Air Malta plc, a position he held until April 2013.
In 2004, he received an Order of Merit (MOM) in recognition of his contribution on a national level to industry and enterprise in Malta.
He was also awarded Ufficiale dell’Ordine Al Merito della Repubblica Italiana on 15 January 2013, for his voluntary involvement in initiatives outside his direct line of business.
Mr Farrugia was appointed Managing Director of SFC in 1980 and SFC Group Chief Executive in 2001 and served in this role until 2010. During his tenure as CEO, the SFC Group grew into a diverse food and beverage business well placed to take on the challenges of competing in the single European market and beyond. In July 2010 he was appointed Chairman of the board of SFC.
