Apprentice Candidates
MARIA LOUGHRAN is a Financial Products Manager in Canada Life.
Maria In her current role, has built a team of brokers who support the business to the tune of 1.2 million euro.
One of her loves in life is red wine while the other is U2. She has been to lots of U2 gigs and hates it when the gig ends and they leave the stage. However meeting Bono in the Kitchen nightclub way back in 1994 was one of the highlights of her life so far. She feels she can impress Bill and he will see similar strengths in her that he has.
The Candidate Highs and Lows
What she brings to the table:
Thinks that once she can succeed in a business like insurance that she can make it anywhere.
Maria is definitely coming across as the more mature of the candidates. She has yet to lose her temper or show the pressure is getting to her. Praised for her presentation skills, she is calm and collected and could be one to watch.
Episode 2
HIGH: Showed excellent presentation skills during the Samsung Jet task
Episode 3
HIGH: Presentation skills praised once again this week.
Episode 5
LOW: Fired in task 5. Formality of presentation criticised. Did not approach the conflict within her team early enough.
Quotes
Episode 4:
"Four in a row, four in a row."
"There's been a lick of paint on it a few days ago."
Episode 5:
"When we win its going to be even sweeter."
