Director requirements in Malta
What Malta requires of a board and who may supply a director.
Summary
- Is the provider licensed
- yes
- Is arranging an appointment caught
- yes — with the widest carve-out in the core
- Is nominee status public
- not yet - nominee arrangements enter the central beneficial ownership register from 10 July 2027 under AMLD6 art. 10Directive (EU) 2024/1640 art. 10: information on nominee arrangements is held in the central beneficial ownership register of the Member State in machine-readable format. Transposition 10 July 2027. Asource
- Resident director required
- noCompanies Act Cap. 386: a private company must have at least one director, a public company at least two. Corporate directors are permitted. No statutory residency requirement applies. Bsource
Governing provision
The licensing position above is recorded in the firm's verified register under entries DL-008, DL-021. The primary texts behind it are listed in the Sources section below.
No entries for this jurisdiction are pending verification.
Regulator
MFSA
Advisory perimeter
broad — sourcing and appointment paperwork are outside the perimeter
Liability of the appointed person
Not yet confirmed against a primary source. This entry is published once the position has been verified.
Sanctions
Not yet confirmed against a primary source. This entry is published once the position has been verified.
Last reviewed: 2026-08. Source status: CONFIRMED.
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Sources
Every statement above is tied to an entry below. Confidence A means a primary text or a regulator statement. Confidence B means a consistent professional source, or a conclusion drawn from the absence of a provision.
- B alternative route — No resident director is required in this jurisdiction, so no substitute arrangement arises. Derived from JF-019
- A nominee status public — Directive (EU) 2024/1640 art. 10: information on nominee arrangements is held in the central beneficial ownership register of the Member State in machine-readable format. Transposition 10 July 2027. EUR-Lex
- B resident director required — Companies Act Cap. 386: a private company must have at least one director, a public company at least two. Corporate directors are permitted. No statutory residency requirement applies. MFSA company law legislation index