Maria was appointed Independent Non-Executive Director on 1 November 2021. She is a member of the Nomination Committee and
Remuneration Committee.
Maria is a highly experienced professional services executive with more than 25 years of management consulting and business leadership experience. She is currently a leader in Bain & Company’s Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) practice and serves as head of its global DEI sub-committee to the board. Additionally, Maria is a partner in Bain's Healthcare practice, where she advises clients on creating growth strategies, identifying M&A opportunities and leading geographic expansion efforts across a range of healthcare sectors, including hospitals, pharmaceuticals, biotech and medical device companies. Prior to her time at Bain, Maria worked at another global consulting firm, where she was a partner and leader in its Pharmaceutical and Medical Product practice and helped build the firm's global Research & Development group. Her previous experience also includes the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, where she was a Radiology Fellow and Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholar, as well as her training at Harvard Medical School affiliated hospitals where she was a Radiology Resident. Maria completed her BA at Harvard University, before achieving her MD at Tufts University School of Medicine, and an MBA from The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.
Maria has extensive business experience including executive leadership at Bain, which, coupled with her academic and clinical background in medicine, makes her a unique and rare executive with a diverse perspective on how to scale and enhance businesses across the globe. Maria’s strong leadership experience in DEI practice enhances her contributions to matters related to Kin + Carta’s People and Responsibility Platforms.
Maria is a partner in Bain & Company’s Healthcare and DEI practices, and the head of its global Diversity, Equity and Inclusion sub-committee and is member of the Bain board.