Massimo Ellul

Background

Massimo was born on December 20, 1970, in Attard, Malta.

Career

Massimo Ellul started his career as the President of the National Students Movement and the Malta representative of the International Union of Students. He specialized in his studies in business management and marketing. In 1990, he founded his management consultancy organization and his organization has successfully serviced clients and patrons in more than twenty countries on various continents.

He was also an elected official of the Executive Committee of the European Forum for Urban Security under the aegis of the Council of Europe and represents Malta in the European Disability Forum and the European Union of Supported Employment.

In Scotland, Dr. Ellul was very much involved with the Friends of Rosslyn [Chapel] and has lectured extensively in the region. He was government consultant for three years in Slovenia, urban safety management consultant for the municipality of Budapest, Hungary and was also a consultant for many consecutive years in the Middle East for the Dubai Shopping Festival, the Dubai Summer Surprizes, the Al Ain Flower Festival and the Salalah Shopping Festival. His organization was also entrusted to assist in the official opening of the Bahrain Formula One competition. He was admitted as Liveryman of the Worshipful Company of Marketors of the City of London and in 2005 was granted the Freedom of the City of London. In his native Malta, Ellul has also been appointed to a number of consultancy positions and served on various governmental boards or entities.

He is a published author in Malta, the US, and the UK on subjects varying from medieval and modern history to social independent living. Some of his books have been translated into other languages, including Russian and Hungarian.

He occupied various posts in the Malta Labour Party, including Secretary of the Youth Commission, International Secretary of the Young Socialists, President of the Young Students' Movement, Assistant General Secretary and Assistant Education Secretary of the Malta Labour Party. Throughout his political career, he chaired a number of important party committees and was responsible for extensive mass events in Malta. He was a Parliamentary Candidate for the Malta general elections of 1996 and 1998.

In 2002, he was appointed as Chancellor of the Grand Priory of the Mediterranean of the Hospitaller Order of Saint Lazarus of Jerusalem and is the Chairman of the Saint Lazarus Foundation. In 2008, he was appointed as the Grand Chancellor of the Hospitaller Order of Saint Lazarus of Jerusalem. Ellul was elected as the Honorary Secretary of the Malta Federation of Organizations and Persons with Disability (MFOPD) and Vice President of the Malta Association of Supported Employment.

Massimo Ellul was also the Chairman of the annual Malta International Folk Festival and sits on/consults the board of directors of various firms and organizations in Malta, England, Scotland, Sicily and Dubai. In Malta, his management firm was instrumental in projecting a number of innovative firsts, including the management and promotion of international arena bands on the island, exporting and managing Maltese talent, the promotion of hospitality-related initiatives, and the innovative use of marketing tools such as bill-boarding. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts and a Companion of the Institute of Sales & Marketing Management, among other international institutions.

Works

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  • The Green Cross in Malta

    (This book, which was launched at the Solemn Investiture a...)

    2012
  • The Sword and the Green Cross: The Saga of the Knights of Saint Lazarus from the Crusades to the 21st Century.

    (The tumultuous events surrounding the First Crusade and t...)

    2011
  • The Green Eight Pointed Cross: The Order of Saint Lazarus of Jerusalem throughout the ages

    (The Order of Saint Lazarus of Jerusalem throughout the ag...)

    2004
  • Positive Supported Employment

    (Published by the Malta Association of Supported Employmen...)

    2016
  • Citta' Rohan

    (ISBN 978-99932-44-02-8 Published by the Zebbug Local Cou...)

    2012
  • Citta' Rohan Volume 2

    (ISBN 978-99932-44-03-5 Published by the Zebbug Local Council)

    2015

Politics

Massimo Ellul occupied various posts in the Malta Labour Party, including Secretary of the Youth Commission, International Secretary of the Young Socialists, President of the Young Students' Movement, Assistant General Secretary and Assistant Education Secretary of the Malta Labour Party. Throughout his political career, he chaired a number of important party committees and was responsible for extensive mass events in Malta. He was a Parliamentary Candidate for the Malta general elections of 1996 and 1998. Ellul was part of the advisory team of the Leader of the Party, Dr. Karmenu Mifsud Bonnici and also part of the advisory team of Deputy Leaders of the Party Dr. Anglu Farrugia and Dr. Chris Fearne

Membership

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  Companion

  Institute of Sales and Marketing Management , United Kingdom

  1998 - present

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  Fellow

  Royal Society of Arts , United Kingdom

  2007

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  Fellow

  International Biographical Association , United Kingdom

  2003

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  Member

  Institute of Commercial Management , United Kingdom

  1994

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  Member

  Institute of Personnel and Development , United Kingdom

  1994

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  Member and Council Officer

  Malta Marketing Institute , Malta

  1997

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  Member

  The Marketing Society , United Kingdom

  1998

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  Member

  Malta Institute of Management , Malta

  1995

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  Freeman of the Company in 2005; Liveryman of the Company in 2006

  Worshipful Company of Marketors - City of London , United Kingdom

  2005

Personality

Determined, outgoing, focused, and outgoing, with a streak of maverick non-conformity.

Interests

• Strategy Games

• Philosophers & Thinkers

  Sun Tsu, Aristotle, Cicero

• Politicians

  Che Guevara, Napoleon, Churchill, Washington

• Writers

  Anne Rice, Grisham, Masters, Rice Burroughs, Deighton

• Artists

  All Renaissance Masters

• Sport & Clubs

  Chess

• Athletes

  Fisher, Kasparov

• Music & Bands

  Classical, Rock

Connections

He is married and has a son and a daughter