Acting Permanent Secretary

Paul Zahra joined the Public Service in 1984 as part of the Economic Division within the Office the Prime Minister. Between 1989 and 1992 he was Personal Assistant of the Economic Secretary and the Chief Economic Officer in the Ministry of Finance. In 1993 he was appointed as Head of the Economic Policy Division and subsequently as Director (Economic Strategy) and Director General (Economic Policy). From 2001 he served as Permanent Secretary in the Ministry for Economic Services and Ministry of Finance. He is also the Chairman of the State Aid Monitoring Board. Mr Zahra was appointed as Permanent Secretarty in the Office of the Prime Minister (Policy) in March 2006 and was redesignated as Permanent Secretary (Operations) in the Office of the Prime Minister in June 2008. Together with his present responsibilities he was also appointed as Acting Permanent Secretary within the Ministry of Education, Employment and the Family in June 2010.