Maria O'Brien

Maria is chief executive officer of West London NHS Trust. She was appointed in March 2024. 

Previously, Maria was at Central and Northwest London NHS Foundation Trust, having joined in 2011, taking responsibility for community services in Camden in 2012 and becoming divisional director of operations in 2014. She joined the board of directors as the executive lead for trust community services in 2017 before becoming chief nurse in 2019 and subsequently the deputy chief executive.  

She initially trained as a registered nurse at Guy's Hospital in the 1980s with a specialist focus in cardiac nursing and intensive care and has held many operational and senior management posts.