Derek Maltwood was a former President of the Harbours and Airport Committee and Vice-President of Finance and Economics during an unbroken period in the States Assembly as Deputy of St. Mary from 1987 to 2002.

In addition to chairing the States-owned Jersey Electricity company – whose board he first joined as a States appointee in 1988, standing down as Chair 20 years later – Mr Maltwood gave his time to a number of island organisations, particularly in the cultural sphere.

He was a former Jersey Opera House Chair, a trustee of Jersey Heritage and a member of the Jersey Archive’s public records panel, in addition to being appointed a councillor for the Jersey Wildlife Preservation Trust.

After retiring from the States as parish Deputy, he was a Procureur du Bien Public in St. Mary.

A stockbroker by profession, Mr Maltwood was also a past chairman of the Institute of Directors in Jersey.

He retained a passion for the island and the way in which it was run long after his service in the States came to an end, making strong arguments in 2017 in favour retaining the role of Senator and ensuring that Deputies represent single parishes or constituencies within them.

The States Assembly tweeted that it was “saddened” to hear of Mr Maltwood’s death, and said its “condolences go to his loved ones at this difficult time”.

Deputy Lyndon Farnham, who worked with Mr Maltwood between 1999 and 2002, expressed his condolences on Twitter: 

Further tributes to Mr Maltwood are featured in tomorrow’s Jersey Evening Post.

Photographs courtesy of Jersey Heritage and the JEP Photographic Archive.