Maria de la Hera has over 25 years of experience in International Marketing, Sales and General Management with 18 of those years working in the luxury sector. 

Several years ago, Maria chose to leave the corporate world and found her sweetspot as a board member. She serves on the board of advisors for several companies including Valeur Absolue perfumes and Familia Torres.

In this interview, she shares with me how she navigated her career over the past 30 years and how she made and embraced choices at each stage. Her story took us from her first move to Switzerland as a young, newly married Spanish literature graduate seeking to establish herself in the professional world, through the way she worked her way up from being an assistant to being a corporate executive, and finally to her most recent decision to leave the corporate world behind her and embrace not only a new professional adventure but also a new lifestyle.

Over the years, Maria learned a lot about making choices, preparing for the change that they would bring, and always staying true to who she is at her core. 

She calls out 3 key principles for a successful and fulfilling career:

1. Seek out mentors and learning a priority.

2. Be bold then embrace your choices.

3. Prepare yourself for the change ahead logistially and emotionally.

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