50 Women to Watch Honoree
Dentive
Chicago, IL
2025 Cohort
Maria is a CEO, Board Member and global C-suite executive with extensive experience across global public companies and private equity. She brings 25+ years’ experience having launched and scaled businesses in Europe and the U.S. Maria is the CEO and a board member of Dentive, a partner-focused, DSO (dental support organization), and serves as the Lead Independent Director and member of the compensation committee at Life Floor, a company dedicated to safety in the built aquatic environment. With her experience spanning global roles, she has lived and worked in the U.K. and Europe for almost a decade. Maria's board service further draws on her C-suite experience at three global public companies, including BP’s (NYSE & LON: BP) $40b downstream global retail business and Interface (NASDAQ: TILE), as well as for private equity sponsored companies. Her experience spans the healthcare, consumer, retail, energy, and industrial sectors. Maria is also a former...
Maria is a CEO, Board Member and global C-suite executive with extensive experience across global public companies and private equity. She brings 25+ years’ experience having launched and scaled businesses in Europe and the U.S. Maria is the CEO and a board member of Dentive, a partner-focused, DSO (dental support organization), and serves as the Lead Independent Director and member of the compensation committee at Life Floor, a company dedicated to safety in the built aquatic environment. With her experience spanning global roles, she has lived and worked in the U.K. and Europe for almost a decade.
Maria's board service further draws on her C-suite experience at three global public companies, including BP’s (NYSE & LON: BP) $40b downstream global retail business and Interface (NASDAQ: TILE), as well as for private equity sponsored companies. Her experience spans the healthcare, consumer, retail, energy, and industrial sectors. Maria is also a former McKinsey strategy consultant and thought leader who served U.K., European and global clients out of the firm’s London office.
Additionally, Maria has enterprise-wide strategy expertise, a depth of expertise in multi-unit operational environments, digital transformation and modern marketing, and a background in sustainability. Maria believes in the value of governance to guide and responsibly support an organization’s growth, value and long-term success. In her board service, she is dedicated to translating her experience for the benefit of the companies she serves and to investing the time to deeply understand company culture.
