Founder Mark Aquilina to focus on strategic growth and international expansion as new executive roles are announced.
The multidisciplinary firm NOUV today, January 13, announced changes to its leadership structure aimed at supporting growth, expanding its service offering, and increasing international exposure.
With effect from January 1, Andrew Naudi has assumed the role of Managing Partner, taking responsibility for the firm’s operational leadership, partner coordination, and day-to-day governance.
In parallel, Tonio Farrugia has been appointed Chief Executive Officer, with responsibility for execution, performance, and delivery across the firm’s business and internal functions.
The updated structure is intended to provide greater clarity and focus as NOUV continues to scale, ensuring consistency across service lines while strengthening accountability and responsiveness for clients and teams.
At the same time, the firm’s founder, Mark Anthony Aquilina, who previously served as Managing Partner, has transitioned into the role of Founding Partner – Strategic Growth.
In this capacity, Aquilina will lead NOUV’s long-term expansion agenda, drawing on his boardroom and strategic advisory experience to support local business growth, while also driving international development in the GCC, new partnerships, and more complex cross-border mandates.
The move reflects a deliberate rebalancing of responsibilities, separating day-to-day operational leadership from longer-term strategic initiatives, while allowing Aquilina to remain actively involved in the firm’s direction and in supporting both local business growth and NOUV’s international expansion.
Commenting on the changes, Mark Anthony Aquilina said: “Over recent years, NOUV has grown significantly in both scale and complexity, diversifying its services, expanding into new sectors, and increasingly working on mandates beyond Malta. By separating operational leadership from longer-term strategic growth, we are creating the space to focus on building the partnerships, international presence, and positioning required for the firm’s next phase of evolution.”
Under the revised structure, senior partners will assume increased responsibility in the day-to-day leadership of the firm, reinforcing continuity, collaboration, and accountability across teams and client engagements. The changes reflect a broader trend within the professional services sector, where firms reaching a certain scale adopt more specialised leadership models to balance operational demands with long-term strategic development.
Andrew Naudi noted that the updated framework is intended to enhance execution and strengthen alignment across the firm. “As NOUV continues to grow, it is important that decision-making remains close to our teams and clients. This structure gives us greater operational clarity, improves responsiveness, and allows us to scale in a more consistent and disciplined way.”
