Maria is a strategic marketer, who has spent nearly 20 years driving growth at major companies in the UK and Australia and has now taken that experience to SocietyOne, Australia’s largest marketplace lender where she is Chief Marketing Officer.
Her passion for consumer champion brands was inspired by her time working with Richard Branson where she helped develop new ventures for the Virgin Group. Her interest in alternative business models has now extended to the FinTech revolution.
Prior to joining SocietyOne, Maria worked for several large organisations, most recently at Optus, where she was Head of Marketing Communications, AMP as Director of Channel Marketing and OFX, where, as Chief Marketing Officer, she re-launched the brand globally.
Maria is not your typical marketer. With a Masters’ degree in Engineering and European Studies, her skills are grounded in data, and tech with a creative flair. She combines these with a passion for marketing and a healthy dose of realism – all designed to develop solutions that drive results while indulging her inner geek for numbers.
Maria is fluent in French, which is helpful given she married a Frenchman with whom she has two children. She loves the outdoors, playing tennis and enjoys a good glass of red wine with friends.