Joe Borg

Joe Borg holds a Doctor of Laws from Malta (1975) and a Master of Laws from Wales (1988), and received an honorary doctorate from the University of Essex in 2003. He advised Malta's Foreign Minister on EU matters from 1989 to 1995 and sat on the board of the Central Bank of Malta, before his election to the Maltese Parliament as a Nationalist Party member in 1995. As Minister of Foreign Affairs (1999-2004) he led Malta's EU accession negotiations and authored the Malta Companies Act.

Borg became European Commissioner for Development and Humanitarian Aid in 2004, then Commissioner for Fisheries and Maritime Affairs from November 2004 to February 2010, after which he chaired the Mediterranean Academy of Diplomatic Studies.

He gave the keynote address at Mare Forum's New European Maritime Policy events in 2005 and 2006 and at Mare Forum 2006.