Maria Smiles Ltd is a boutique recruitment consultancy focusing on placing investment professionals into private equity funds across Europe. With more than 13 years’ experience, first as part of the private equity practice at Walker Hamill with a particular focus on Continental Europe, followed by a senior role at the Cornell Partnership, covering private equity roles both in London and Continental Europe, I established my own company in July 2012.

I offer a bespoke recruitment service tailored to each client’s requirements. I believe in creating value for my clients by focusing on a specialised, first-class execution of their hiring projects, based on more than a decade’s experience, knowledge and network built during this period of time. Every project is approached as a structured search mandate based on detailed and thorough research, not relying on an existing database or advertising.