The Glenmorangie Company
Maria Rooney has a diverse work experience spanning over several companies and positions. Maria is currently working as a Human Resources Director at The Glenmorangie Company, a role they started in September 2019. Prior to this, they served as VP, People at FanDuel from July 2015 to September 2019.
Maria also has experience working at Amazon, where they held two roles: UK HR Programme Manager from July 2014 to July 2015, and Senior HR Business Partner from April 2012 to July 2014.
Before joining Amazon, they worked at Virgin Media as an HR Business Partner from April 2007 to March 2012, where they played a key role in driving transformational change across multiple business divisions.
Prior to Virgin Media, Maria worked at Standard Life as an HR Business Partner, focusing on recruitment of key technical skills and implementing changes to internal processes.
Maria has also worked at Celestica as an HR Generalist, overseeing the closure of a site with approximately 1,000 employees, and at ICL Fujitsu as an HR Generalist. Maria's work experience demonstrates their expertise in HR and their ability to drive organizational change and recruitment processes.
Maria Rooney attended the National College of Ireland from 2000 to 2002, where they pursued a Diploma in Personnel Management from the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD). Prior to that, from 1994 to 1997, they studied at the University of Portsmouth, where they obtained a 2:1 degree in European Public Policy.
The Glenmorangie Company
Our Company: The Glenmorangie Company is one of the prestigious companies owned by Moët Hennessy-Louis Vuitton (LVMH). It is home to Glenmorangie Highland Single Malt Scotch Whisky and Ardbeg Islay Single Malt Scotch Whisky, two of the world’s most respected whisky brands. The company has its global headquarters in central Edinburgh, with further offices and a state-of the-art bottling facility in nearby Livingston, West Lothian. The business employs some 300 people across its six locations and is proud to have been awarded the Platinum Award by Investors in People. The Glenmorangie Company is a multi-award winning business with its most recent plaudits including the Whisky Magazine Icons of Whisky Awards 2022 Global Distillery Manager of the year for Glenmorangie Distillery Manager Ed Thom; and the 2022 International Whisky Competition (IWC) Distillery of the Year for the fourth time in five years for Ardbeg Distillery. Ours is a business founded on patience and painstaking attention to detail. Tradition is our lifeblood, yet innovation is key to our Brands. While we’ll never hurry our whiskies, The Glenmorangie Company is often first to try new ideas in the development, production and marketing of our brands. Our Brands Glenmorangie Highland Single Malt Scotch Whisky has been distilled since 1843 in Tain in Easter Ross, in Scotland’s tallest pot stills. The Distillery is renowned as a pioneer in the fields of cask management and extra-maturation in the creation of innovative Scotch whiskies. Ardbeg Islay Single Malt Scotch Whisky, ‘The Untamed Spirit of Islay’, is revered around the world for its unorthodox personality and its big, peaty flavours. It has been described as “unquestionably the greatest distillery on Earth”.