Offshore
Oil Explorationist
Born in Msida, Malta, in
1935, educated at Stella Maris College and St. Albert the Great College,
Malta, Charles E. Puglisevich, centre, first immigrated to Canada in 1960,
returning to Malta in 1968, setting up, in 1974, Mediterranean Oilfield
Services Co. Ltd. for the Maltese government and various foreign investors.
In 1978, with this work experience behind him, he returned to Canada with
his family to take advantage of the offshore oil exploration activities
in Eastern Canada, first working for Ocean Inchcape Ltd. and Crosbie Offshore
Services Ltd., eventually establishing, in 1980, the Puglisevich Group
of Companies, a diversified corporate conglomerate identified with offshore
oil and gas exploration services. Today, Mr. Puglisevich is the Honorary
Consul General of Malta for the Maritime Provinces. He is viewed here with
Malta’s Prime Minister Dr. Eddie Fenech-Adami, left, in 1992, at the Mediterranean
Oil and Gas Exhibition held in Malta. For his many services to Canada,
the Canadian government in 1993 acknowledged Mr. Puglisevich’s services
to his adopted country by awarding him the Commemorative Medal for the
125th Anniversary of the Confederation of Canada. [Photo, courtesy Frances
Boland]
