Maria Karra General Manager and Group Account Director

Maria graduated with a Diploma in Languages and Humanities from the National University of Greece and attended post-graduate courses in Cornell and Sorbonne Universities. Her 24 year experience ranges from the hotel sector in senior managerial positions Hilton International & Forte/Meridien worldwide in to HMC, leading providers of premium paid membership loyalty programs, CRM and loyalty marketing database solutions.

In Turkey and the UAE. Maria previously acted as Marketing Director for the Duty Free Operation of 7 regional airports and handled the in-flight sales for a number of luxury brands, some of them being Ferragamo, Bulgari, Hugo Boss, Issey Miyake, and Jean-Paul Gaultier.

Maria was the co-founder of Rawaj in 2001. Between 2005-2009, she was based out of Singapore running her own community welfare based events' company, as well as she led exclusive annual fundraising events such as the Cartier Polo Tournament, Pistorio Foundation Bulgari Caring Luncheon raising thousand under privilege.