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Maria Lopes has a strong background in sales and business development in the publishing industry. Maria started their career in 1999 as a Business Manager at Emerald Group Publishing Limited, where they focused on Southern Europe and Latin America. Maria then moved on to become a Senior Account Manager at Blackwell Publishing, handling the West Coast and Latin America territories. Maria continued their career at Wiley-Blackwell as a Senior Account Manager for Latin America. Maria then joined Berkeley Electronic Press as a Sales Director, and later worked at Publishers Communication Group as a Business Development Manager and Global Content Sales Manager. Their most recent role was as Vice President of Library Sales at Springer Science+Business Media.

Maria Lopes obtained their Master's Degree in Business Administration and Management, General from the Universidade do Algarve from 1992 to 1997. In addition, they pursued further education at Sheffield Hallam University from 1995 to 1996, where they also earned a Master's Degree in Business Administration and Management, General.