Maria De La Gariga

Maria de la Garriga is 32 and lives in Warsaw, but is originally from Spain. She is divorced and has two children.

Since 1997 she worked at the University of Cracow, where she was the Coordinator of International Relations and Placement and had to handle all inter-university contacts and job placement for foreign students with companies in Poland.

Preceding her current job M. de la Garriga ran leading Spanish University’s business education programs abroad for five years.

At the University of Barcelona she achieved a Degree in Foreign Literature and Languages.

She speaks several languages, so not only Spanish, which is her native language, but also fluent Russian, a good English and some Polish.

The faculty awarded her an assitantship position at the Spanish university, but originally she was attracted by business.

M. de la Garriga also handled executive training programs delivered by her university in Russian universities and coordinated all faculty and finance.

Over a period of time she got tired of what she regarded as a “macho” university culture in Spain.

M. de la Garriga wants to get away from a desk job and back into sales for a long time. She is tired of the academic world and wants a more “hands-on” job.

To pay for her college education she alreay sold wines and sprits to supermarkets and wine stores for a leading distributor in the Barcelona area.

During the interview assessment she came across as an energetic, nervous woman with apparently great drive. M. de la Garriga also talks enthusiastically about selling, but seems to have a great self-assurance bordering on conceit.

For the job at Bodegas Caballe she expects a salary of $55,000 and commissions plus expenses.