Maria Hala is a senior strategy advisor and an investment professional heavily concentrated on the expansion of the Greek technologically innovative ecosystem and the local angel investment community.

She provides mentoring and business coaching to ventures at the seed and start-up stage, helping them become investment-ready and find sources of financing through her extensive network of sector-specific angel investors and VCs.

As an expert speaker at numerous entrepreneurial conferences, a mentor/judge at annual startup competitions, and a member of important associations, Maria is deeply involved in the entrepreneurial landscape. Her affiliations include the European Business Angels Network (EBAN), EBAN Health Committee, ICC Women Hellas – Head of Female Founders’ Startup Cluster, Hellenic Spanish Chamber of Commerce, MIT Enterprise Forum Greece, and the World Business Angels Forum (Greece Senator April 2018 – Oct.2020).

Maria is also a Certified Fund Manager (Hellenic Capital Market Commission) and boasts over 17 years of experience as an asset manager with profound knowledge in international capital markets.

She holds a BSc in Marketing, an MSc in Business Finance, and an MBA in Entrepreneurship and Innovation from Imperial Business School.