Maria Whittington

Maria Whittington has worked in various roles throughout their career. Maria began in 1992 with BT, where they held roles as a Retail Senior Product Manager, Channel Manager, Team Leader, and Sales Advisor until 2001. From 2001 to 2007, they worked at BT Wholesale, serving as a Commercial Product Manager, Senior Business Planning Manager, and Senior Operational Planning Manager. Maria then joined PlusNet as the Head of Product Management from 2007 to 2010. Maria held positions at Trader Media Group as a Product Development specialist from 2010 to 2011 and at Manheim Retail Services as the Interim Head of Product Development from 2011 to 2012. Maria worked as a Director at Clear Sight Consultants Ltd from 2010 to 2012, focusing on product and supply chain management in the telecommunications industry. Maria was part of Auto Trader UK from 2012 to 2015, initially as the Head of Product, then as a Product Lead. Maria went on to work at Dealer Auction as the People and Customer Experience role in 2019 and later transitioned to become the Product Director in December 2020.

Maria Whittington attended St Peter & St Paul's College - Cheltenham from 1987 to 1990, where they earned a BA degree in English.