Mark Ciappara is the Group Financial Controller at Mamo TCV Advocates, who also heads the finance and the tax compliance function of TCV Management and Trust Ltd – the Group’s Corporate Services Provider entity licensed by MFSA. Mark is a Certified Public Accountant and an Associate Member of Malta Institute of Accountants since 2015. Mark is also a Fellow Member of ACCA. His career started as Audit Assistant, later promoted to Senior Auditor, at a medium-sized local audit firm. He was involved in the statutory audits of a wide range of clients, with particular focus on local wholesale businesses, Corporate Services Providers, and remote gaming. During this time Mark managed various teams of staff and was involved in leading small teams both locally and during audits performed overseas. At the latter stage of this experience Mark was also involved in the Advisory arm of the firm, mainly working in IT and Systems audits of licensed i-Gaming companies. During 2013 Mark was selected to spend a 3-month secondment in the United Kingdom where primarily he was responsible for audits and accounts of medium-sized manufacturing firms based in south UK. After his experience in audit Mark moved in remote gaming as a Senior Finance Executive, later taking a more supervisory role there. This experience was then followed by a move in the Corporate Services space. In 2017 Mark was appointed as one of the local directors of a start-up corporate services provider. Amongst other duties, he was in charge of setting up the finance and tax advisory department of the firm and growing the client base. At Mamo TCV, Mark is the Group Financial Controller of the firm and its associate companies, including TCV Management & Trust Services Ltd, which mainly provides company back office administration, accounting, payroll services and tax compliance services to a substantial portfolio of international holding and trading companies.