At Hili Ventures, we have two priorities: growing our business and supporting our people to grow in their professional and personal lives. We believe that our business will only prosper if our people prosper within it. It’s that simple. Our secret? Opportunity.
We are expert at seeing opportunity and potential and we pursue them relentlessly. That’s why we are an open, collaborative, and multi-cultural organisation. We thrive on communication, connectivity and diversity. We train, mentor and inspire so everyone can be the best they can be. And we do all this with the utmost integrity and transparency.
We may be present in 11 countries around Europe and North Africa (so far, at least!) but we never let hierarchy or geography get in our way. We invest heavily in travel to bring people together whenever we can. Our business and HR planning processes are designed so that none of our teams ever feel isolated, wherever they are based. And, if you’d like to take up an opportunity with another company within Hili Ventures outside your country, there are procedures to help you take the plunge.
Our philosophy is stemmed in five values.
They guide every decision, every action we take.
We build on a legacy that’s a 100 years old!
We do business proudly through our underlying groups of companies engaged in food service & retail, real estate & hospitality, and shipping, engineering & technology in 11 countries thanks to a fantastic team of more than 11,000 people.
The Hili brothers join Carmelo Caruana Shipping Agency
Carmelo Caruana Shipping Agency is established as a limited liability company
A joint venture with Motherwell Bridge Group of Scotland offers engineering services to the oil and gas industry, ports and utilities.
Carmelo Caruana Company changes its name to Hili Company to act as the group’s investment arm.
First Food Franchises acquires the McDonald’s developmental licence for Malta.
The group acquires the Baltic Container Terminal in Riga
Mariner SpA, the ports holding company, acquires 50% in Terminal Intermodale Venezia
Premier Capital is set up and acquires 75% of First Food Franchises.
Premier Capital acquires the McDonald’s developmental licence for Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania.
Premier Capital acquires McDonald’s developmental licence for Greece.
The group acquires Philip Toledo Ltd in Malta, which rebrands to PTL.
The group is split. Mariner continues port business separately. Hili Ventures is set up as the holding company for the other business lines.
PTL International acquires SAD in Poland.
Premier Capital acquires McDonald’s developmental licence for Romania.
Logistics company ALLcom joins the group.
Engineering company TechniPlus joins the group.
1923 Investments plc is set up to hold three groups – Harvest Technology, iSpot Holdings and Hili Logistics
Hili Finance Company plc is established to act as a holding, financing and investment company
Cobalt Leasing Ltd established to trade in containers
HV Marine Ltd established as the holding company of a diversified and reputable array of businesses within the marine industry
HV Hospitality Ltd established as an investor in distinct properties and locations around Europe
1923 Investments acquires STS Marine Solutions, to oversee global ship-to-ship operations, and service major oil companies and their fleets
1923 Investments enters into a Master Franchise Agreement with iRiparo S.r.l. (“iRiparo”), a leading European retailer supplying refurbished phones, high quality mobile device repair and accessories