Massimo Ellul
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Massimo Ellul is a Maltese entrepreneur and contributor to the voluntary sector.{{cite web |url=http://mim.maltaenterprise.com/default.asp?page=companya&show=17187 |title=Malta Enterprise |access-date=2011-03-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110714024427/http://mim.maltaenterprise.com/default.asp?page=companya&show=17187 |archive-date=2011-07-14 |url-status=dead }} He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts{{cite web |author= |date= |title=Maltese Marketer awarded fellowship - The Malta Independent |url=http://www.independent.com.mt/articles/2007-04-12/local-news/Maltese-Marketer-awarded-fellowship-171852 |accessdate=8 May 2019 |website=www.independent.com.mt}}
Education and career
Ellul pursued studies in marketing and management in Malta, the UK and the US and is an alumnus of the Judge Business School of the University of Cambridge.
His business career began in the early 1990s while studying at Cambridge, he earned a diploma in marketing and continued academic work in the field up to postdoctoral level.{{Cite web |date=2012-09-20 |title=The Grand Chancellor visits Idyllwild |url=https://saintlazarus.co/the-grand-chancellor-visits-idyllwild/ |access-date=2025-05-14 |website=Hospitaller Order of Saint Lazarus of Jerusalem |language=en-US}}
Ellul is the chief executive of a group of companies in the marketing and management consultancy field operating in Malta, Manchester, Edinburgh, Sicily and Dubai.Giornale di Brescia, 12.02.1997, page 21Gulf News - Business Section, 06.07.2002, page 29{{cite web |url=http://www.ilgiornaledienna.it/notizie/attualita/10310-assessore-calandra-qrafforzare-legame-con-zebbugq.html |title=Gemellaggio tra Agira e Zebbug"Rafforzare il legame con Malta" - Il Giornale di Enna |accessdate=2011-03-12 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110722035323/http://www.ilgiornaledienna.it/notizie/attualita/10310-assessore-calandra-qrafforzare-legame-con-zebbugq.html |archivedate=2011-07-22 }}{{Cite web |url=http://gozonews.com/716/flimkien-celebration-in-nadur/ |title=Archived copy |access-date=2011-03-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110711120518/http://gozonews.com/716/flimkien-celebration-in-nadur/ |archive-date=2011-07-11 |url-status=dead }}{{cite web|url=https://offshoreleaks.icij.org/nodes/56068081/|title=MASSIMO ELLUL | ICIJ Offshore Leaks Database|website=offshoreleaks.icij.org}}
He was also an elected official of the Executive Committee of the European Forum for Urban Security{{cite web|url=http://efus-network.eu/efus/en/|title=European Forum for Urban Security -|author=|date=|website=efus-network.eu|accessdate=8 May 2019}} under the aegis of the Council of Europe and represents Malta in the European Disability Forum[file:///C:/Users/Doreen/Downloads/EDPD%20Brochure%202016%20FINAL.pdf]{{dead link|date=November 2019}} and the European Union of Supported Employment. In Scotland, Ellul was very much involved with the Friends of Rosslyn [Chapel], and has lectured extensively in the region.Dictionary of Maltese Biographies Volume 1, (Michael J. Sciavone) PIN Publishing 2009, {{ISBN|978-99932-91-32-9}}{{Page needed|date=May 2025}} 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.{{cite web|url=http://wcmdemoarchive.daisy.websds.net/files/pdf/Graces_in_Favour.pdf |title=Graces in Favour |publisher=wcmdemoarchive.daisy.websds.net |date= |accessdate=2019-11-13}}{{cite web|url=https://www.timesofmalta.com/articles/view/20060319/social/heard-in-the-hive.59722|title=Heard in the Hive|first=Allied Newspapers|last=Ltd|date=|website=Times of Malta|accessdate=8 May 2019}}{{cite book|author=Max J. Ellul (Author) |title=The Sword and the Green Cross: The Saga of the Knights of Saint Lazarus from the Crusades to the 21st Century.: Max J. Ellul: 9781456714215: Amazon.com: Books |date= February 2011|isbn=978-1456714215 }}{{Page needed|date=May 2025}}{{cite book|author=Max Joseph Ellul (editor) (Author) |title=The Green Eight Pointed Cross: The Order of Saint Lazarus of Jerusalem throughout the ages: Amazon.co.uk: Max Joseph Ellul (editor): 9789993203179: Books |date= |id={{ASIN|9993203173|country=uk}} }}{{Page needed|date=May 2025}}
He also hold posts in the Malta Labour Party, including Secretary of the Youth Commission, International Secretary of the Labour Youth Forum, President of the Young Students' Movement, Assistant General Secretary and Assistant Education Secretary of the Malta Labour Party.Imhatra li Diga Insejt - Peter Darmanin - PIN Publishing 1996, {{ISBN|99909-41-29-7}}{{Page needed|date=May 2025}}
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.General Elections - Michael J Schiavone - PIN Publishing 2003, {{ISBN|99932-41-50-4}}{{Page needed|date=May 2025}}Who's Who in the House 1921-2006 - Joe Felice Pace - Midsea Books 2006, {{ISBN|978-99932-7-115-4}}{{Page needed|date=May 2025}}
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.World Orders of Knighthood and Chivalry, Volume 2 - Burke's Peerage and Gentry - 2006, {{ISBN|0-9711966-7-2}}{{Page needed|date=May 2025}} In 2008, he was appointed as the Grand Chancellor of the Hospitaller Order of Saint Lazarus of Jerusalem.{{cite web|url=http://www.saintlazarus.org/|title=The Hospitaller Order of Saint Lazarus of Jerusalem|author=|date=|website=www.saintlazarus.org|accessdate=8 May 2019}} Ellul was elected as the Honorary Secretary of the Malta Federation of Organizations and Persons with Disability (MFOPD){{cite web|url=https://www.timesofmalta.com/articles/view/20170118/local/difficulties-of-persons-with-disabilities-aired.636822|title=Difficulties of persons with disabilities aired|first=Allied Newspapers|last=Ltd|date=|website=Times of Malta|accessdate=8 May 2019}} and Vice President of the Malta Association of Supported Employment.{{cite web|url=https://www.timesofmalta.com/articles/view/20140522/business-news/Association-for-supported-employment.520143|title=Association for supported employment|first=Allied Newspapers|last=Ltd|date=|website=Times of Malta|accessdate=8 May 2019}}
Ellul was also the Chairman of the annual Malta International Folk Festival,{{cite web |url=http://www.dancilla.com/index.php?option=com_fireboard&Itemid=17&func=view&id=106&catid=1&lang=en |title=Malta International Folk Festival 2009 - FireBoard |accessdate=2011-03-12 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110708223622/http://www.dancilla.com/index.php?option=com_fireboard&Itemid=17&func=view&id=106&catid=1&lang=en |archivedate=2011-07-08 }} and sits on/consults the board of directors of various firms and organisations in Malta, England, Scotland, Sicily and Dubai.{{cite web|url=http://www.ewb.rs/advisor.aspx?id=530|title=EAST-WEST BRIDGE|website=www.ewb.rs}}The Malta Book of Records - Frans A. Attard - Uptrend Publishing 1999, {{ISBN|99932-0-037-9}}{{Page needed|date=May 2025}}The Winning Edge, Journal of the Institute of Sales and Marketing Management, UK, May 1998{{Page needed|date=May 2025}}
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