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Maria joined the international business of Federated Hermes in March 2018 as a Director in the Private Debt team. She is responsible for executing and monitoring transactions in the UK and Northern Europe for the Direct Lending Funds. Previously, she was a Director in the Kaupthing Singer & Friedlander Leveraged Finance team in London. Within her role she was originating, structuring and executing mid-market sponsor- and non-sponsor-led leveraged transactions in the UK, Benelux and Nordics. Prior to that, she worked at Fortis Bank in the Acquisition and Leverage finance team in Rotterdam, focusing on mid-market European syndicated loans. In addition, Maria has worked in strategic fundraising, market intelligence consultancy and account management with multinational companies in the UK and Finland. A Finnish national, she holds a Master of Science degree from Hanken School of Economics in Helsinki, with fluent knowledge of Dutch, Swedish and Finnish.