Brian St John confirmed as Media.Link CEO

Media.link Communications confirmed the appointment of Brian St John to the position of Chief Executive Officer.

This senior appointment complements a series of changes that are being implemented within the political and commercial structures of the Nationalist Party.

Media.link Communications is the commercial arm of the Nationalist Party insofar as all commercial and communications activities of the Nationalist Party are carried out through this company.

In a statement, Nationalist Party leader Simon Busuttil said that the Nationalist Party was undergoing a number of changes within its structures and the appointment of Brian St John was another step in this process of renewal.

"During the past year, the media's party underwent significant changes making it now financially sustainable. The next step is that the media improves its content and outlook to offer the best product in the country," Busuttil said.

Employed at the Malta Information Technology Agency (MITA) in 1992, St John has worked across multi-disciplinary technical and management environments applying strong expertise in data-driven long-term strategic planning. During his tenure at MITA, Brian St John has held several positions; and a diverse project portfolio - being directly involved in mission-critical ICT infrastructure design; implementation and delivery; quality-management; and business development.

During 2003, St John was appointed as Government’s representative to the European Commission’s high-level steering group for the implementation of the European Strategy for the Mobility of Researchers across the European Research Area. St John was a member of the European Strategy Forum for Research Infrastructures and a member of the Advisory European Infrastructure Reflection Group dealing with the creation of e-Infrastructure in Europe. He also served on the Board of the Malta Council for Science and Technology.

From 2004 through 2008, Brian St John served as Policy Co-ordinator within the private secretariat of former Prime Minister Lawrence Gonzi. During 2005 he was appointed ICT Co-ordinator for CHOGM 2005. In 2006 he was assigned the task of overseeing preparations leading to the completion of Mater Dei Hospital and subsequent migration from St Luke’s Hospital in November 2007.

From September 2008 through May 2014, St John was Chief Executive Officer at the Foundation for Medical Services - managing a public healthcare infrastructure-development project portfolio with budgets in excess of €130M. During his tenure, Brian St John led several business re-engineering; project-valuation; due diligence; critical transition; and negotiation processes.