Dr. John Seychell Navarro

Dr. John Seychell Navarro studied Environmental Health and graduated in Health Science at the University of Malta in 2000. He was admitted to the Board for the Professions Supplementary to Medicine in August of the same year. He then attained a Diploma in Management from the University of Malta in 2003. In 2006 he graduated as a Bachelor of Laws and attained a Diploma in Notary Public in 2007. On the 5th of November 2008 he attained a licence to lecture on Food Safety and on the 15th of December 2009 he attained a licence as an Environmental Health professional. He was also appointed as an expert to the Administrative Tribunal on the 27th of February 2009 which post has been renewed till the present day. In 2009 he graduated as Doctor of Laws and obtained a warrant to practice as a Lawyer on the 22nd February 2010.

John worked as an Environmental Health Officer from the year 2000 and was promoted to Senior Environmental Office in the year 2006. He was appointed as a Deputy Registrar in the Courts of Justice in the year 2009 and Assistant Registrar of the Criminal Court and Tribunals in 2013. He set up the Asset Management Unit in the Courts of Justice and introduced Asset Tracing in criminal proceedings in a completely new procedure. He was appointed Deputy Director of the Asset Recovery Bureau in 2015 and then started working as a Senior Legal Officer with the OCVO in November 2018. In May 2019 he was appointed Director Legal Services of the OCVO. He also lectures with Jobsplus and the University of Malta.

John has also attended many conferences in Malta and overseas on various topics including Food Safety, Waste Management, Prevention of Money Laundering and Asset Recovery. 

He is currently responsible for the Legal Services.