Maria Edwards

Past

Senior Consultant - Executive Search at Morgan Levy International
Recruitment Consultant at Executive Sciences
Contracts/Reservations Manager Austria & ROW at TUI UK

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Education

University of Durham

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Industry

Information Technology and Services

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Maria Edwards’s Summary

Experienced IT/Telecoms Recruitment Professional.

Built strong relationships with both clients and applicants – particularly focussing on Telecommunications, Network Security/Management and Enterprise Software vendors. Typically winning business with C/VP/SD level contacts.

Successfully recruited numerous senior sales and pre sales professionals and key hires including:
* VP EMEA (Germany) – First in region BSS vendor
* SD ME (Dubai) - First in region Network Management vendor
* Pre-Sales Director EMEA (UK) – Data Analytics/BI vendor
* Professional Services Director EMEA (UK) – XML vendor
* VP/GM EMEA (UK) – Messaging vendor

Established connections and business across the Nordics, BeNeLux, DACH’s, Iberia and Middle East regions as well as the UK.

An excellent communicator with attention to detail I quickly develop a clear understanding of both client and applicant requirements, building relationships and efficiently managing all stages of the process.

Maria Edwards’s Specialties:

Fluent German speaker.
Strong international exposure.
Experienced in managing all stages of the contingency recruitment process.

Maria Edwards’s Experience

Senior Consultant - Executive Search

Morgan Levy International

(Privately Held; Staffing and Recruiting industry)

January 2009 — April 2009 (4 months)

Morgan Levy International Executive Search provides Top Talent for both private & publicly listed technology equipment vendors, global consultancies & telecommunications service providers.
Recruitment Consultant

Executive Sciences

(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Staffing and Recruiting industry)

June 2005 — November 2008 (3 years 6 months)

Executive Sciences is a privately owned contingency based IT Recruitment Consultancy specialising in placing sales and other client facing professionals from VP/SD level through to Sales and Account Managers with Software vendors including global giants and pre IPO organisations looking to source their ‘First in Region’ throughout EME.
Contracts/Reservations Manager Austria & ROW

TUI UK

(Leisure, Travel & Tourism industry)

May 1998 — May 2005 (7 years 1 month)

Comprising the UK brands Thomson Ski, Lakes & Mountains and Crystal Ski, Lakes & Mountains TUI UK operated independently of the German parent company and was the largest UK operator in the region.

Successfully managed the reservations for Austria, Slovenia, Bulgaria, Croatia and Norway before moving over to take on the role of Contracts Manager focussed on Austria, Slovenia and Croatia.