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John Debattista is a Certified Public Accountant and Registered Auditor. Prior to Zampa Debattista, John occupied the post of audit manager in a medium sized audit firm where he developed a specialisation in the financial services industry and remote gaming sector.
John is one of the founding partners at Zampa Debattista and heads the Assurance function of the office. He is the IFRS leader and acts as an advisor on highly technical IFRS issues.
John lectured at the final stages of the ACCA, namely the Corporate Reporting paper. John also lectured the ACA course for the ICAEW, Institute Chartered of Accountants for England and Wales, namely the Corporate Reporting paper. John is also a speaker in various audit and accounting seminars delivered by a number of institutes in Malta. He also lectured the Diploma in IFRS provided by the Malta Institute of Accountants (DipIFR).
John has also worked abroad on a number of assignments which mainly relate to gaming and financial services.

Matthew is a certified public accountant specialised in VAT. He has been specializing in VAT since 2008 and has been involved in complex VAT assignments both within and outside of Malta. Matthew, a member of the Malta Institute of Accountants is also a part-time lecturer with the Malta Institute of Taxation.
Matthew Zampa is also the first Maltese to successfully complete the Expert in EU VAT degree, a degree administered and awarded by the VAT Forum, an international partnership of indirect tax specialists, founded in 1999. He is also a joint author of the European VAT Handbook, a manual providing essential information about VAT in Europe.
Matthew forms part of the indirect taxation committee of the Malta Institute of Taxation and is one of the council members of IFSP.

Kris is a Certified Public Accountant and Registered Auditor specialising in assurance services and international financial reporting standards.
Kris graduated from the University of Malta after completing the Bachelor of Accountancy (Honours) Degree. Following four years as an audit senior at a medium-sized audit and accountancy firm, Kris joined Zampa Debattista, a boutique accounting and assurance firm primarily focused on international business, managing the audit function.
Throughout his work experience he was exposed to assurance assignments on wealth management, pension funds, gaming companies, shipping, manufacturing and retail. In 2021, he was appointed a Partner at Zampa Debattista.
Kris also read for the Diploma in International Financial Reporting and is a lecturer of Corporate Reporting at the advance stages of the ACCA course.

Mark is a Certified Public Accountant and Registered Auditor, specializing mainly in client accounting and business advisory services.
Mark graduated from the University of Malta after completing the Bachelor of Accountancy (Honours) Degree back in 2010.
He spent seven years working within the tax and audit service lines within one of the Big 4 audit firms in Malta. In 2017, Mark co-founded Mint Finance, an accounting and audit firm which eventually merged with Zampa Debattista on 1st January 2022.
Throughout his career, Mark has advised several clients operating in various industries, both locally and abroad.
Mark also lectured the tax module of ACCA in recent years.

Michael is a Certified Public Accountant and Registered Auditor, specializing mainly in audit and accounting.
Michael was admitted as a member of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) and the Malta Institute of Accountants (MIA) in 2013.
He spent seven years working within the audit service line within one of the Big 4 audit firms in Malta. In 2017, Michael co-founded Mint Finance, an accounting and audit firm which eventually merged with Zampa Debattista on 1st January 2022.

Stephan is a lawyer by profession and Head of Legal and Transport at Zampa Debattista.

Stephan joined Zampa Debattista in 2023 following a decade long experience working in one of Malta’s leading law firms and Big Four.

His role as coordinator for the firm’s legal and transport projects sees him at the forefront of some major engagements within the firm’s corporate and transport practice. Stephan provides assistance in connection with the importation and tax compliance of luxury assets, registration of aircrafts and AOC application with the Civil Aviation Directorate at Transport Malta, advice upon the local and EU legal framework concerning drones and other unmanned aerial vehicles and is also able to provide support in aircraft financing transactions.

In addition to the above, Stephan also has extensive experience in the corporate law space having assisted several clients with the set-up of corporate vehicles and ongoing compliance. He lectures ACCA students in the field of corporate law and has frequently contributed to a number of articles in both local and international journals.

Stephan is warranted to practice law in front of the Superior Courts of Malta. He is also an Executive Committee Member and Chair of the Education Committee of the Malta Maritime Law Association, Secretary of the Superyacht Industry Network Malta.

He has also published a number of articles in both local and international journals. He collaborates with the University of Malta and the Malta College of Arts Science and Technology as an external examiner and has delivered lectures at the ELSA Malta Summer Law School.