Profile
Professor Maher completed both her BSc and MSc at Loughborough University. She studied Strategic Leadership at the University of Oxford and qualified as a teacher in Further Education with the University of Derby.
She spent 10 years practising as a Sports Psychologist, working with athletes across a range of sports from grassroots to Olympic standard. She has been a member of the FA Council since 2019 serving on the National Game Board and Chairing the Football Development Committee. Professor Maher also served as Chair of the English Colleges Football Association and a Director of Association of Colleges Sport.
After a 17 year career in Further Education, serving as a Principal and CEO for seven years at Boston College and Loughborough College respectively, she built on Loughborough’s sporting success securing a £12.5m world class sports hall and supporting 15 national sports governing body partnerships with over 2,000 elite athletes per year.