Business Profile
Software engineering and national heritage rarely overlap, but in my role as CEO of Malta’s national agency for museums, conservation, and cultural heritage, I’ve discovered just how powerful this combination can be.
My journey began in Malta as a software engineer and continued in the UK, where I helped multinationals gain a competitive edge through innovative digital solutions. Returning home, I joined the Malta Centre for Restoration – now part of Heritage Malta – and progressed through various leadership roles in IT, finance, marketing, and business development. In 2017, I was honoured to be appointed CEO.
Since then, I’ve led a wide-reaching transformation at Heritage Malta, drawing on more than 20 years of cross-disciplinary experience. This transformation has included strategic restructuring, rebranding, and a clear commitment to accessibility, operational excellence, and community impact.
Our mission to make cultural heritage more accessible continues to deliver tangible results. In 2025, our cultural sites and museums welcomed more than 1.9 million paying visitors – the highest number ever recorded since the agency’s foundation. This represents an 18 per cent increase over the previous year, when admissions stood at 1.6 million. When combined with the 132,824 non paying visitors who entered through schemes such as the Senior and Student Passport, our total visitor count surpassed two million people.
These figures are not merely statistics; they are a powerful affirmation of the Maltese public’s growing engagement with our national heritage, and of the international appeal of our cultural landscape. They reinforce our belief that heritage is not something static or fossilised. It is a living, breathing, evolving presence woven into our daily lives, that continues to shape who we are. This is the powerful message at the heart of Heritage Malta’s 2026 campaign – Heritage Alive/Ħaj.
In 2026, Heritage Malta is determined to keep building on this momentum. With ambitious projects, renewed spaces, and a vision that celebrates heritage as a living force, Heritage Malta is ready to lead the country into a future where our past continues to inspire, connect, and enrich us all. Our focus remains clear: to preserve, promote, and share Malta’s cultural heritage with both local and global audiences, ensuring it continues to be, as our motto proudly states, ‘Part of Us’.
