EDITOR'S NOTE

Live events are back with renewed energy - and the sheer, unadulterated joy is palpable. Our gallery pages for this issue are packed with networking events, basking in what has turned out to be nothing short of a global road trip across Europe and the US. In a first for SiGMA Group, this magazine will also be distributed at Malta Week - a four-vertical event that brings together key complimentary brands, such as emerging tech, marketing affiliation, and gaming. It is for this reason that SiGMA magazine now also carries content geared towards our AGS and AIBC brands.

That isn’t to say though, that we’ve abandoned the virtual. The last few years have taught us the value of the digital world, showing us the potential to reach untapped audiences and markets. In light of this, we’re excited to have launched our first interactive magazine, which allows for exciting new features, such as videos, and bonus contentopening up avenues for content creation to a whole new level.

This is normally the point I ladle out thanks. Writing this editorial however, is bittersweet for me, because my thanks are tinged with goodbyes. This will be the last edition for our Creative Director Jessica and photographer Aleksey.

It’s hard to imagine an issue without them, their creativity and passion stamped so distinctively across each page that they have become an integral part of the SiGMA Group brand. Indeed, Aleksey’s expressive, intimate portraits have left lasting impressions of the people behind his lens and will undoubtedly continue to set the benchmark for future issues to come.

Aesthetics aside, they have also been an integral part of my personal experience as editor. This has been a journey worth taking, and an experience that has been all the better for their companionship. I am especially grateful to Jessica, her support has been invaluable, and I can say without reservation, that her design has been crucial to the success these issues have found amongst the industry.

I wish them both tremendous happiness in whichever new path they choose to tread.

On that note, our next issue will see its subjects through new eyesthose of Robert Cuschieri - a fitting start to 2022, a year filled with fresh beginnings and a new outlook.