Maria Solich | Head of Project and Structured Finance, Siemens Austria – Investor

Maria Solic earned her degree in International Business Administration from the University of Applied Sciences in Hamburg. She started her career in Simmering Graz Pauker in 1979 as Procurement Specialist, advancing to the positions of Assistant to the Head of Central Departments and Head of Controlling Materials Management Department. From 1991 to 1998 she was employed in SGP Verkehrstechnik as Head of Cash Management. In 1998 she started her professional engagement in Siemens Transportation Systems as Head of Project & Export Finance, being responsible for all finance and risk mitigation issues of the companies’ sales projects, development of financing structures, negotiations with clients. After six years of work, she became part of Siemens AG Austria, holding the positions of Senior Manager Project and Structured Finance, Head of International Finance Institutions, Head of Project and Structured Finance Austria, and in 2014 she took the function of Deputy Head of Financial Advisory and Structuring for Eastern Europe, focused on Mobility projects in CEE and Urban Transport projects worldwide.