María Wiedner

Maria’s passion for real estate finance and, particularly, financial modeling is built on specialist roles in the highly quantitative fields of property derivatives, renewable energy and listed Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) analysis.

With global consulting and leadership experience, Maria is an internationally recognized authority, speaker and thought leader on the organizational benefits of best practice financial modeling and diversity in real estate.

Maria is the CEO and principal trainer of Cambridge Finance, which she founded with the aim to bring top-­quality real estate finance education to the property industry.

In 2012, Maria also founded a diversity group for real estate: Real Estate Women (RE:WOMEN), with the objective to advocate for equality and more representation of minorities in senior positions.

CORPORATE EXPERIENCE

• CEO, Cambridge Finance Ltd, United Kingdom, 2016 – Present

• Senior Associate, Green Street Advisors, United Kingdom, 2014 – 2014

• Financial Analyst, Strutt & Parker, United Kingdom, 2011 – 2014

• Property Derivatives Research and Strategy, MSS Real Estate, United Kingdom, 2007 – 2008

• Index Analyst, FTSE International, United Kingdom, 2005 – 2007

ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE

• Adjunct Professor, IE School of Architecture & Design, Spain, 2020 – Present

• Real Estate Finance Specialist and APC Assessor, RICS, United Kingdom, 2018 – Present

ACADEMIC BACKGROUND

• MPhil in Real Estate Finance, University of Cambridge, United Kingdom, 2011

• CFA Charter (Investment), CFA Institute, United Kingdom, 2009

• Research in Environmental Economics, Institute for Advanced Studies, Austria, 2004

• Bachelor in Business Administration, Fundação Getulio Vargas, Brazil, 2002

• Research Scholarship, Business Administration, HEC Paris, France, 2000