Maria Blair

Maria is a partner in ghSMART’s fast-growing European business, where she advises CEOs, boards of directors and private equity investors on leadership and critical talent issues.

Maria is an executive with more than 20 years in the public, private and non-profit sectors. A creative, strategic, and entrepreneurial leader with proven results in creating and executing innovative and complex efforts across multiple sectors; cultivating diverse groups, leading organizational change, and developing robust, data-driven analytics. She is a proven manager with strong interpersonal and communication skills, and leadership of collaborative teams in a wide variety of government, corporate, and nonprofit settings.

In addition, he has extensive international experience in Europe, East Africa, Southeast Asia, India and Australia, and deep experience and networks in climate, innovation, public policy, poverty, economic development, health and financial services.