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Strategy and planning
Set direction, break it into a plan with owners, milestones and measures, and get ahead of events with contingencies. Business plans, growth roadmaps, funding cases and turnkey project scoping.
Projects & events portfolio · Updated September 2026
Twenty years directing operations and projects across manufacturing supply, property and education in Malta and the United Kingdom, from national events run with large volunteer teams to public tenders, funding cases and the operating systems underneath them.
In one line
I set the plan, do the deal, and build the system that makes it hold, from a national event to a public tender.
Six capabilities, applied end to end: set the direction, do the deal, and build the machine that runs it.
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Set direction, break it into a plan with owners, milestones and measures, and get ahead of events with contingencies. Business plans, growth roadmaps, funding cases and turnkey project scoping.
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Supplier and manufacturer agreements, export and distribution, sponsorship, bank facilities, and EU and national funding.
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SOPs, operations manuals, checklists, internal audit, quality assurance and KPI reporting. Built and run in three businesses and a public authority.
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A working AI operating system across my businesses that turns plain-language instructions into finished work, integrated with the business stack and governed by sourcing, accuracy and firewall rules.
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Teams of up to 120 across projects and national events, with clear objectives, published standards and progress tracked against targets rather than assumed.
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Costings, due diligence, cash-flow projections, risk management and investment appraisal. ACCA-trained.
| Role | Organisation | Scope | Period |
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| Managing Director, Operations and Projects | Auren Institute | Education and training, B2B and B2G, Malta and the UK | 2022 to date |
| Managing Director, Operations and Projects | Gauci Magri and Partners | Property investment and management, Malta and the UK | 2016 to date |
| Managing Director, Operations and Projects | Vista Group Malta Ltd | Bespoke packaging supply, B2B and B2G; sold profitably | 2005 to 2015 |
| Visiting Lecturer and Examiner | Universities and business schools | Diploma, degree and Masters level, Malta, the UK and Luxembourg | Since 2013 |
| Festival Director and Board Member | Qormi Bread Festival | National cultural and food festival | 2009 and 2010 |
Where strategy meets a live crowd and a deadline that will not move.
National event
A two-day national street festival celebrating Maltese bread-making, opened by the President of Malta, backed by national institutions and more than thirty sponsors, and built around several thousand visitors. I directed the event, coordinating a team of more than 100 staff and volunteers across programming, logistics, licensing and commercial partnerships.
Systems and controls
I have built the operating system, standard procedures, internal audit and KPI reporting three times from nothing, so a growing business could run and prove it rather than just react.
Supply at scale
Over a decade I managed more than 2,000 customised packaging projects for clients worldwide, buying from thousands of manufacturers across Europe, North Africa and the Middle and Far East, all on internal audit, SOPs and KPI reporting.
Education and credentials
DBA candidate at Signum Magnum College (Level 8); Master in EU Policies, College of Europe, Bruges (Level 7, full scholarship); Professional Teaching Warrant No. 1052, University of Malta; B.Com (Hons) in Public and Private Management, University of Malta; ACCA Diploma in Accounting and Business; and an external quality assurance expert listed on the ACQUIN database. Languages: Maltese, English, Italian, French and German.
Process, audit and funding work where the result was measurable.
An industrial distributor
Wrong shipments and cash tied up in late payments. I built one order-to-cash process: standardised intake, automated purchase orders, live tracking and delivery-linked invoicing.
80% fewer product returns within six months; cash flow stabilised.
A business services firm
An internal audit of processes that had grown too slow. I found fragmented systems and layered approvals, and set out a single ERP, documented procedures and streamlined sign-offs.
A clear roadmap to shorter cycle times and consistent delivery.
Property and funding
Five-year cash flow models and funding cases for property and SME clients, built to survive a lender's due diligence, with the assumptions shown rather than asserted.
Investor and lender-ready funding cases.
The system underneath
Over the past two years I have designed and now run a working AI operating system across my businesses, turning plain-language instructions into finished work across sales, marketing, operations and research, governed by clear sourcing, accuracy and firewall rules.
Twenty years of doing deals, buying and selling, sourcing and negotiating.
Buy side
Buying from thousands of manufacturers across Europe, North Africa and the Middle and Far East, on a verify-everything discipline from artwork to customs.
Sell side
Selling and exporting, negotiating distribution, and raising sponsorship for national events through a segmented, tiered approach.
Capital and tenders
Bank facilities and EU and national funding on the raising side, and public tenders on the bidding side.
I turn an idea into a funded, staged plan with numbers that hold up: business plans and growth roadmaps for new ventures in packaging, property services and consumer services, each broken into stages with owners, milestones and measures, and a contingency for when events do not cooperate.
Yes, in Malta and the United Kingdom. I have built the operating system, standard procedures, internal audit and KPI reporting three times from a standing start, and I can do it inside your business too.
Yes. I have directed a national festival with a team of over 100 staff and volunteers, owning programming, licensing, commercial partnerships and operations on the day.
A set of custom skills, automations and agents that turn plain-language instructions into finished work across my businesses, integrated with the tools I run and governed by strict sourcing, accuracy and firewall rules.
Operations and projects leadership, commercial negotiation, systems and controls, and funding work, across manufacturing supply, property, education and the public sector.
More of the same record, and where the working version of it lives.
Portfolio
The delivery record grouped by discipline, with the case studies.
Portfolio
The clearest single example of running an event end to end.
Portfolio
The roles and ventures behind the operations record.
Record
The full record of education, publications and roles.
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