Chief Strategy and Transformation Officer

Maria has worked as a director in the BLMK system for over 16 years and prior to that has worked in Local Government and for NHS Direct, English Heritage and the CQC. Her Integrated Care Board role includes strategy, planning, performance, communications, transformation, mental health, learning disabilities and autism services and working with the voluntary, community and social enterprise sector. Maria is also the Link Director for Milton Keynes, and the ICB’s Deputy Chief Executive.
Maria was previously deputy Chair of Northamptonshire Healthcare Foundation Trust, a community and mental health NHS trust. She was chair of MK Arts for Health for eight years and is a member of Inspiring Futures Through Learning, a Multi-Academy Trust working in MK and Northamptonshire.