Studyportals, The Netherlands. Maria recently joined Studyportals as Senior Account Advisor Partnerships. She started her career in HE nine years ago at Nijmegen School of Management, a faculty of Radboud University in The Netherlands. Over her years there she developed and implemented the international marketing & recruitment strategy, and helped set up digital application, admission and enrolment procedures for international students. Previously, she worked in real estate business in Latvia, allowing her to bring the business perspective to the university, and now her task is to bring the university perspective to one of the biggest commercial players on international higher education market – Studyportals.