Maria is a seasoned global executive with over 25 years of diverse leadership and operational healthcare experience in multinational companies and venture/private equity investment firms. She is a Healthcare and Technology Council Member of Springboard Enterprises and has extensive experience as an advisor to start-ups focused on Prescription Digital Therapeutics, Women’s Health, MedTech innovations, Diagnostics, and Precision Medicine.
Maria has worked with companies of all sizes, assisting them across an entire spectrum of functions including Strategic Planning, Financing, Business Development, Sales & Marketing, Partnership/Alliance Management, and Capital Raising. She began her career as a human geneticist and, over the years, has broadened her areas of expertise to work as a chartered accountant, investment banker, and healthcare executive. She has international pharmaceutical leadership experience across 63 countries.
Since 2014, Maria has been a venture capital investor and founding Partner of MF7 Ventures, a Miami-based healthcare seed fund invested in Digital Technologies, Women’s Health, and Precision Medicine. Since June 2022, she has been an investment/advisory team member at Accelmed Partners, a $400M Miami-based private equity fund invested in commercial-stage medical technology companies. She also recently joined SEED Healthcare, a $100M venture fund focused on prevention and early detection, to lead investment strategy and operations.
Maria spent 10 years working in the pharmaceutical industry at Novartis, most notably as Head of Sales & Marketing for Sandoz Latin America and CEO/GM of Spain and Portugal for Novartis Vaccines & Diagnostics. Prior to this, Maria worked in investment banking as a Vice President of Healthcare at Morgan Stanley in London. She trained as an accountant and audit manager in the United Kingdom at PricewaterhouseCoopers.
Maria holds an Executive Master of Public Health (EMPH) from Columbia University, New York, and a BSc in Human Genetics from University College London, England.