Prime Minister to address Henley forum in Zurich

Prime Minister Joseph Muscat will be one of several key speakers in a forum on residence and citizenship planning organised by Henley & Partners, the concessionaires of Malta’s sale of passports.

The forum will be held in Zurich on 5-6 May and includes Nevis Premier Vance Amory, UNHCR Deputy High Commissioner, T. Alexander Aleinikoff, IMF deputy division chief    Judith Gold, UK head of Border Security Graham Zebedee and Swiss head of tax department Marianne Nufer as key speaker.

This is not the first time that Muscat has been asked to address Henley conferences: he has so far addressed audiences in London, New York, Miami and Singapore on Henley-sponsored conferences in which he advocated Malta’s citizenship sale as a way of “attracting talent”... as well as €650,000 in cold hard cash, an added €150,000 investment in financial instruments, and €350,000 in property or an annual €16,000 in rent over the course of five years.

The concessionaires oblige the Maltese government to provide its top brass to promote the Individual Investor Programme. “The government will ensure to send, whenever requested by the concessionaire, appropriate high-ranking government representatives, or other senior government officials, to speak at the events and represent the Programme and the government,” the contract reads.

Malta’s individual investor programme – “setting a new global standard” – will be one of the May forum’s highlights.

“Designed to shine the spotlight on key developments in field, the Forum’s program includes addresses from, and panel discussions with, top tier international service providers and senior government officials such as the The Hon. Dr. Joseph Muscat, Prime Minister of Malta,” Henley said.

“It fittingly culminates in a gala dinner with a short address by Professor Dr. h.c. mult. Claude Nicollier, the Swiss former ESA Astronaut on Space Shuttle Missions, who will speak on his experiences and thoughts on Global Citizenship.”

Henley & Partners CEO Eric Major said: “As the field of residence and citizenship planning is expanding at a rapid pace, it is becoming increasingly important to stay abreast of trends and changes. More importantly perhaps, is building a trusted network with the leading lights in the industry. This is what we have endeavored to create with our events, a platform to do just that.”