Catherine Tabone

Catherine Tabone is the Chief Executive Officer of the Valletta Cultural Agency.  A graduate of the Universities of Malta and Cambridge, over the years she occupied various managerial positions within the Public Administration of Malta and was also curator of the National Museum of Ethnography.  Ms Tabone was appointed Director for Culture in 2013 with the responsibility of providing policy direction and advice on the arts, heritage, and audio-visuals.  In this role, she was directly involved in Malta’s Presidency of the Council of the European Union in 2017.  Moreover, she spearheaded Malta’s ratification of the UNESCO Convention for the Safeguarding of Intangible Cultural Heritage and led high-level, historic collaboration initiatives between Malta and the Holy See.  More recently, she held the position of Executive Director at the Valletta 2018 Foundation, being responsible for the implementation of the European Capital of Culture initiative in Malta.  In her current role, Ms Tabone holds responsibility for the creation of quality artistic events for Malta’s capital city, a UNESCO World Heritage site.  Ms Tabone is a published researcher and, over the years, has served on a number of Governmental Boards and Committees, including; member of the Board of the Faculty of Arts at the University of Malta, member of the Citizenship by Merit Committee, Chairperson of the Creativity Trust and Chairperson of the Consultative Commission on Geoparks and UNESCO World Heritage Sites.