Maria Wiedner
CEO / principal trainer
Maria’s passion for real estate finance and particularly financial modelling is built on specialist...
Maria Wiedner
CEO / principal trainer
Maria’s passion for real estate finance and particularly financial modelling 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 recognised authority, speaker and thought-leader on the organisational benefits of best practice financial modelling 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. Maria also founded in 2012, the 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.
Anouk Khan
head of growth
Anouk Khan is Head of Growth at Cambridge Finance, a premium provider of real estate finance trainin...
Anouk Khan
head of growth
Anouk Khan is Head of Growth at Cambridge Finance, a premium provider of real estate finance training. In her role, Anouk is focused on sales, customer experience and growing the brand globally
Anouk built her career upon strategic client roles at Bank of America/ Merrill Lynch, to boutique firms as well as setting up her own consultancy in the UAE. In addition, Anouk serves as COO on the committee of Real Estate Women, a non-profit association with a mission to create an equitable and inclusive industry and built environment. She is focused on advocating for professional development skills to be made accessible for underrepresented groups across the real estate sector.
Holly Mapletoft
executive assitant
Holly is a self employed licensed accountant and member of the AAT and has been part of the Cambridg...
Holly Mapletoft
executive assitant
Holly is a self employed licensed accountant and member of the AAT and has been part of the Cambridge Finance family since 2019. Most of Holly's experience comes from running a holiday business in rural Lincolnshire for over 25 years.
Encroaching development meant a change of tactics and a return to her accountancy roots with retraining and setting up a new business. Outside of the office Holly loves Zumba, swimming, hiking and is part of the local amateur dramatic society.
Dr. Ricardo Pereira
trainer
Dr. Pereira is a leading academic and practitioner in the property finance markets in the United Kin...
Dr. Ricardo Pereira
trainer
Dr. Pereira is a leading academic and practitioner in the property finance markets in the United Kingdom and worldwide. Ricardo founded In Prop Capital LLP in 2008, a UK commercial property fund which focuses on real estate derivatives as a way to deliver synthetic property returns to investors
Prior to InProp Capital, Ricardo was a Real Estate Strategist at Bank of America Merrill Lynch’s where he developed the property derivatives trading strategies for the bank’s clients. Ricardo’s innovative views on risk management and property derivatives meant that he has published in high-impact academic journals, such as The Journal of Real Estate Finance and Economics (2007 & 2009), Econometrics and Risk Management (2008) and international property conferences. Ricardo earned his Bachelor’s Degree from Universidade do Minho, Portugal and his PhD from the University of Cambridge, UK. Ricardo speaks Portuguese and English fluently
Morag Beers
trainer
Morag offers over 25 years commercial property experience. Her career focus has been in complex inte...
Morag Beers
trainer
Morag offers over 25 years commercial property experience. Her career focus has been in complex international portfolios, leading multi disciplinary teams to deliver projects.
Experience in managing international real estate portfolios from strategic planning to day to day management puts her in a perfect position to pass her knowledge on through training. As a member of the RICS, INREV and CoreNet, Morag has insights into a broad range of real activity, not least the increasing importance of technology and sustainability in the industry. Morag is a part-time lecturer in Real Estate at Glasgow Caledonian University; Director of property Services with affordable housing provider Albyn Housing Society; and Advisory Board Member of Ubuntu Impact Investments in Zaltbommel, The Netherlands. Cambridge Finance are delighted that Morag has agreed to join the team in delivering the best quality training to property professionals.
Stephanie Gnissios
trainer
Stephanie is focused on building towards a resilience economy and financial sector by embedding clim...
Stephanie Gnissios
trainer
Stephanie is focused on building towards a resilience economy and financial sector by embedding climate as a factor in financial decision-making, strategy, and risk management.
Generating impact through knowledge development and capacity building, bridging knowledge and insights from climate science and data into the business world, alongside the development of practical tools and approaches. Leveraging my background in technical and analytical thinking as an engineer in the mining sector, complemented by a governance and business understanding built from holding non‐executive director roles for non‐profit organizations, startups, and undertaking an Executive MBA (achieved with distinction) at Oxford University. My focus on climate and impact come from a personal drive to contribute to re-orienting the world that my children are growing up in, supported by completion of the Oxford Impact Measurement Programme and ongoing advisory for impact-driven initiatives. I also advise impact-focused startups and early-stage enterprises, with a particular focus innovation, strategy, and impact; and female founders and entrepreneurs. I am also a passionate advocate for improving diversity, with a focus on gender diversity, and actively mentor and support young women in STEM through formal and informal efforts
Gerhard Mulder
trainer
Gerhard is a climate change and finance professional with 25 years of international experience in ba...
Gerhard Mulder
trainer
Gerhard is a climate change and finance professional with 25 years of international experience in banking, consulting, non-profit, government, and politics.
His passion is to make our planet greener and fairer by working on pragmatic solutions. Finished MBA at University of Oxford in August 2018 with distinction.
