Meet the Team
Patrick L. Young
Chair / Government & Patronage
A lifelong motorsport enthusiast, Patrick L Young first organised vintage races in his native Ireland as a schoolboy during the 1980s.
Patrick has contributed to automotive publications locally and across the world including Autocar, Autosport, Classic Cars, Classic & Sportscar, Historic Motor Racing News, MG Enthusiast, Vintage Racing and countless others.
Patrick has been a regular motorsport commentator from SBS TV in Australia, to his native Ireland and nowadays leads the MaltaClassic commentary team for the Mdina Grand Prix road races outside the fortified walls of the original Maltese capital.
Over the years Patrick has gathered a collection of circa 100,000 photographs depicting motoring and motorsport dating back to 1907 and appeared on multiple media channels including BBC TV discussing motorsporting topics.
Patrick was a cofounder of the Classic Car Club (1992-94) in London (which still operates in New York City). Patrick devised the original “Points Plan” (now industry standard across all such classic / supercar and related vehicle ventures) while also buying and managing the portfolio of cars for what was the world’s first business facilitating member usage of classic cars from a central pool.
As well as judging concours and being part of organising committees for vintage races from Belfast to Sydney, Patrick has been an occasional competitor in historic rallying.
A lifelong entrepreneur, Patrick is perhaps best known as a fintech pioneer, author of multiple specialist financial books including “Capital Market Revolution!” and a global expert in the design, build and operation of exchanges / marketplaces from bonds and equities to commodities and derivatives.
Simon Sullivan
Logistics & Operations
Maltese entrepreneur Simon Ellul Sullivan is best known in automotive circles for his senior leadership role in the Malta Classic, a distinctive Mediterranean historic motorsport festival. As Secretary General of the main organising committee, Simon was centrally responsible for driver management, regulatory coordination and stakeholder alignment, ensuring that the event operated seamlessly within both sporting and governmental frameworks.
His remit covered liaison with authorities, compliance oversight, participant coordination and the orchestration of key event components including the hill climb, the Mdina Grand Prix and the Concours d’Elegance showcase. Bringing a competitor’s perspective to events, enabled a granular understanding of international entrants’ expectations.
Simon remains actively involved in shaping the event’s heritage dimension as one of the triumvirate leading the Concours d’Elegance, contributing to curatorial direction, participant selection and presentation standards, ensuring the concours reflects authenticity, provenance and period correctness.
The Sullivan family has a strong background in shipping and logistics, connected to Malta’s maritime sector and its historic links with Gibraltar and the wider Mediterranean. This imbued Simon with a practical understanding of complex logistics, international coordination and time-sensitive operations, operational discipline allied with a cross-border mindset. These skills translate directly into the planning and execution of high-level motoring and corporate events, where precision, reliability and the ability to respond quickly to challenges are critical.
Parallel to his motoring involvement, Simon’s professional career has centred on working with international firms across multiple jurisdictions. Organising corporate events across Europe, has delivered significant experience dealing with discerning clients, cross-border stakeholders and high-pressure operational environments. This practical advantage in stakeholder diplomacy and crisis management enables decisive effective management when the need arises.
Alexandra Bondì
Marketing, Media & Commercial
Alexandra Bondì is a full-stack marketing, PR and commercial lead delivering events spanning concerts, marathons, motorsport, presidential conferences and television launches across Malta and London.
Within historic motoring, Alexandra served as Marketing, PR & Creative Lead for Malta Classic, Malta’s flagship classic-car festival spanning the Imtahleb Hill Climb, Concours d’Elegance and the Mdina Grand Prix. Leading integrated audience growth and ticket-demand strategy across paid and organic channels, influencer and press, she oversaw the complete event toolkit from digital assets to event merchandise.
Alexandra secured and managed several of Malta’s leading brands as long-term partners, delivering sponsor ROI through tailored exposure, activations and premium on-site presence, supported by hands-on delivery of press launches, awards coverage and stakeholder protocol moments, including launches featuring government authorities.
Alexandra’s work helped attract sell-out audiences, supported Malta Classic’s commercial growth and prestige positioning, and meaningfully contributed to showcasing Malta on the international classic-car calendar.
In the concerts space, Alexandra led strategic digital and integrated campaigns for headline productions including Joseph Calleja’s annual performances with the Malta Philharmonic Orchestra, notably editions with Eros Ramazzotti, Andrea Bocelli as well as Anastacia, Rod Stewart, Bruce Dickinson of Iron Maiden. She also delivered national visibility including strong capacity shows featuring Steve Hackett of Genesis, Kaiser Chiefs, Nick Mason of Pink Floyd, Julian Marley, Boomtown Rats, Third World, combining performance marketing with media partnerships and PR amplification to position each show as a cultural moment.
Alexandra is Chief Marketing Officer for the Exchange Invest Group, shaping positioning and growth for the world’s leading B2B source of insight and analysis on financial market structure.