Maria Pinelli Maria Pinelli is Global Vice Chair of Strategic Growth Markets for EY Global. She oversees EY’s business unit that is the world leader in advising, guiding and recognizing entrepreneurs and high-growth companies. She advises clients who are focused on accelerating growth and achieving market leadership. Having more than 25 years of experience providing professional services to both private and public companies, Maria has led more than 20 IPOs in three continents.
Maria has briefed members of the G20, The World Economic Forum, the London Stock Exchange, the US Senate Banking Committee and the US Securities and Exchange Commission, as well as the US, Russian, European Union and African governments, on the trends that are driving global activity in the IPO market, entrepreneurship and innovation, and economic growth. She has also testified before a subcommittee of the US House Financial Services Committee about the key findings of EY’s annual Global IPO Trends Report. Maria has been quoted in publications such as The Wall Street Journal, BusinessWeek, Forbes, Financial Times, as well as news services such as Reuters and Dow Jones Newswires. She has appeared on CNBC, Bloomberg and other related television stations to discuss her viewpoint on the economic climate. She has authored several reports and White Papers including leading EY’s renowned EY G20 Barometer 2013 Report, which ranks the G20 countries on their ability to foster entrepreneurship.
Maria is truly passionate about supporting entrepreneurs and is heavily involved in creating a support network for such business enterprises and founded the Strategic Growth Forum which convenes high-growth companies to share insight and expertise of the market. She also oversees EY’s renowned Entrepreneur Of The Year® program worldwide and founded EY’s Entrepreneurial Winning Women™ program in 2008, designed to accelerate the growth of high-potential female entrepreneurs.
At the World Economic Forum (WEF), Maria is a Member of Advisory Board, WEF Global Growth Companies, and a member of the Steering Council, WEF Fostering Entrepreneurship.
She also supports Endeavor as a Senior Advisor. EY is a Strategic Partner to Endeavor.
Maria is Chair of the Board of NFTE – Network For Teaching Entrepreneurship – which is committed to helping youth develop an entrepreneurial mind-set.