Maria Ball - chair
Maria lives in Hertfordshire and was formerly chair of the Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Ambulance and Paramedic NHS Trust.
She is also chief executive
of Quantum Care Ltd, a
Hertfordshire and Essex-based residential care provider for 1400 older
people, and a board member of the National Care
Forum.
Maria was the former chief executive of The Metanoia Institute, a national educational institute for psychotherapists and counsellors, and the founder and former managing director of Ideas in Action Ltd.
She was also chief executive of the Association for Research in the Voluntary and Community Sector.
She holds no other Ministerial appointments and has declared no political activity in the past five years.

