Corporate Services Directors
Marie Price joined the Trust in October 2025 and is the Joint Director of Corporate Governance, working across East London NHS Foundation Trust (ELFT) and North East London NHS Foundation Trust (NELFT).
Before taking up this role, Marie led the corporate governance function at Chelsea and Westminster NHS Foundation Trust. Prior to that, she was a director at the North East London Integrated Care Board, overseeing corporate governance, communications, engagement and complaints.
Marie has spent the majority of her career in north east London, working in primary care trusts and clinical commissioning groups as director of corporate affairs, which included leadership on governance, risk, board support, legal and statutory compliance as well as communications and engagement.
Earlier in her career, Marie worked in the supported housing sector, working with young people, adults with mental health needs, people experiencing homelessness, and ex offenders.
David Stevens is a Chartered Engineer and joined the trust in 2021 from University College London. David has strategic and operational leadership for the estates directorate across all boroughs covered by the Trust, and is the lead director for the Trust’s capital development and PFI programme.
David is a Fellow of the Chartered Institution of Building Services Engineers (CIBSE), a Fellow of the Institute of Healthcare Engineering and Estate Management, and a Certified Fellow of the Institute of Workplace and Facilities Management. David is Vice President of CIBSE and Chair of the CIBSE Facilities Management Group, and has over 30 years’ experience in design, construction, operations, and strategic planning within the built environment sector.
David sits on a number of industry committees and awards judging panels, and is an advocate for best practice, technical improvement, and inclusion in the built environment.
David has an MBA, MEng and BEng (HONS) in Building Services Engineering . David is also a European Engineer (Eur Ing).
David’s pronouns are He / Him / His
Mary took up the post as Director for Social Work in April 2022.
Mary qualified as a Social Worker in 1998 with an MA/DiPSW from Leicester University, following obtaining a first degree in Social Policy. I have always worked within Mental Health Social Work, initially in Esse,x working in and managing adult and older adult mental health teams, including CMHT, Assertive Outreach and Criminal Justice Mental Health for what was then North Essex Mental Health Trust.
Mary qualified as an ASW in 2001 and continued to practice as an AMHP until this year. She is the co-chair of the BASW England Mental Health Thematic Group.
May moved to Oxford Health NHS FT in 2009, initially as an operational manager for adult and older adult mental health services across Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire, moving into Social Work Professional Leadership in 2012, becoming the Trust’s first Associate Director of Social Care in 2018.
Mary has a particular interest in military history and is a volunteer for the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.