Maria Josife

Maria leads the European FinTech group at Erevena, with a focus on Consumer FinTech, InsurTech, Payments, Open Banking, Banking Technology, and Data and Fraud Detection. With over 20 years of executive search experience, she is also actively involved in the firm’s Board practice, specialising in CEO and Founder succession in both FinTech and Digital sectors.

Maria has led numerous CEO appointments for companies such as Grover, Flagstone, Bitvavo and Polarsteps. She also works across a wide range of both Consumer and B2B FinTech clients with a particularly focus on General Management, Operations, and Commercial & Growth Leadership roles. Recent clients include Moneybox (Apis,Fidelity), Preqin (acquired by Blackrock), Clark (Sagard), Vitesse (KKR), and Monavate.

Maria collaborates with leading funds, including Balderton Capital, Advent international, and Vitruvian Partners.
Previously, Maria was a Director at The Cornell Partnership and worked for MWM Consulting, a leading Board Practice Group on FTSE 100 and Private Equity backed NED, Chair and CEO succession projects.

She graduated from Cambridge University with an MA in History