---
title: "ASCENT R&D LIMITED — Ownership Dossier"
canonical: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/1f97f059-ca46-5ef2-94a4-0080f26a772d
json: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/1f97f059-ca46-5ef2-94a4-0080f26a772d
identifier: icij:icijol-55040705
jurisdiction: MT
risk: High
source: WhiteIntel corporate-ownership graph
---

# ASCENT R&D LIMITED

**Type:** Company  
**Jurisdiction:** MT  
**Identifier:** `icij:icijol-55040705`  
**Risk level:** High  
**Canonical dossier:** https://whiteintel.dev/entity/1f97f059-ca46-5ef2-94a4-0080f26a772d  
**Structured JSON / MCP:** https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/1f97f059-ca46-5ef2-94a4-0080f26a772d  

## Ownership & control

### Owners / controllers

- **STEPHEN PACE** (shareholder of) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/f534a926-8afe-55e3-accc-ee6695c29ac7
- **ANDREW CALLEJA** (shareholder of) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/472d7248-2672-5c72-8b7a-183e36c09122
- **JOHN ABELA** (shareholder of) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/ec82a239-3d5e-58c6-be85-2f741c04ac5a
- **JOSEPH SULTANA** (shareholder of) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/4349e6be-5493-5b0d-aa76-ac3a47459c42

### UBO chain (walk to the ultimate owner)

A **9-step** ownership/control chain to the ultimate beneficial owner is resolved for this entity. The full cited chain unlocks with a paid API key or a one-off dossier — https://whiteintel.dev/pricing.

## Exposure (derived from the ownership graph)

**4** owners upstream in this entity's ownership/control chain are flagged — a sanctions hit or a secrecy jurisdiction — an investigative lead by resolved identity, not a legal determination. The contributing parties and the hop-by-hop path unlock with a paid API key or a one-off dossier — https://whiteintel.dev/pricing.

## Provenance

- ICIJ Offshore Leaks — https://offshoreleaks.icij.org/nodes/55040705

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_This is the markdown-for-agents view of the WhiteIntel dossier for **ASCENT R&D LIMITED**. Human view: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/1f97f059-ca46-5ef2-94a4-0080f26a772d · Structured JSON: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/1f97f059-ca46-5ef2-94a4-0080f26a772d._

_Risk levels are heuristic investigative leads, not legal determinations of beneficial ownership. Every claim carries a source; an absent edge means "not yet observed in current sources", not "does not exist"._