Alfred Pisani is the founder and controlling shareholder

Shareholder

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 of the Corinthia Group of Companies

Corinthia Group of Companies

The Corinthia Group is the parent company to Corinthia Hotels International. The group is an international investor, developer and operator of upscale hotels and resorts in Europe and Africa...

 and has been the Chairman and Chief Executive since the companies inception in 1962. He was responsible for the construction of the Group's first hotel, the Corinthia Palace in Attard

Attard

Ħ'Attard is a village located at the centre-most point of the island of Malta. Together with Balzan and Lija it forms part of "the Three Villages" and has been inhabited since the Classical Period. Ħ'Attard's traditional Latin motto is Florigera rosis halo due to its many flower gardens and citrus...

, Malta

Malta

Malta , officially known as the Republic of Malta , is a Southern European country consisting of an archipelago situated in the centre of the Mediterranean, south of Sicily, east of Tunisia and north of Libya, with Gibraltar to the west and Alexandria to the east.Malta covers just over in...

. Pisani has led the Corinthia Group from a one-hotel company to a diversified group. His business interests vary from equity participation, management, development & ownership of property and industrial catering, all on the international scale.

Background and Private Life

The hotelier was born and raised to an upper-middle class family in Malta. His father owned several businesses which the Pisani brothers eventually sold to help finance their business venture.

Pisani was educated at St Edwards College.

Honours

• On December 13, 2001, Pisani was appointed as Officer to the Maltese National Order of Merit.

• Throughout his career, Pisani has received recognition and appreciation for his services to the international hospitality industry by many Western an Eastern European countries.