Maria has 30 years of experience working across a significant range of sectors (CleanTech, Consumer, EdTech, Industrial Technologies) within Ireland’s Public Service at an international level (Europe, North America) accruing unique company engagement through involvement with agile technology-based start-up enterprises, ranging from seed-level to equity investments. She has represented Irish Government agency Enterprise Ireland in the US market while holding both Education Ireland and EdTech commercial portfolios. Maria is currently National Coordinator for Ireland’s Enterprise Europe Network (EEN) Consortium which is the world’s largest SME support Network, assisting companies globally to drive innovation into new markets.
