John A. Gauci-Maistre

John A. Gauci-Maistre was educated at St Aloysius' College in Malta and gained management and accounting experience in the UK with Southwell & Tyrrel before managing the Penta Hotel in Paceville. He founded Economicard Worldwide Limited in 1973, introducing a cash discount card system, and remains Founder and Chairman of the Economicard Group of Companies.

In 1974 he established GM International Services Limited for ship and yacht registration, and in 1988 created GM Nominee, which evolved into GM Corporate & Fiduciary Services Limited. He was Olympic Airways' General Sales Agent for Malta from 1981 to 2009 and has contributed to Lloyd's List and Fairplay. He has held board positions with the Malta Chamber of Commerce, Enterprise and Industry and the Malta Trade Fairs Corporation, and served as President of the Maltese-Italian Chamber of Commerce and of Casino Maltese (2009–2011). He was appointed a Knight of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta in 2000 and received a lifetime achievement award for his contribution to the maritime industry in 2022.

He has spoken at five Mare Forum events between 2014 and 2015, as Keynote speaker at the 1st Mare Forum Malta and as a panellist at the 1st Mare Forum Singapore, the 1st and 2nd Mare Forum Monaco Yacht Summit and the 2nd Mare Forum Dubai.