Future dental team: their expectations, development and career

Ilona is an experienced non-executive director and executive leader with a successful track record in finance, governance and programme delivery in highly regulated, safety critical organisations.  She is a non-executive director (NED) with Accent Housing Group who provide social housing across various locations in England; a non-executive member and Audit Chair for Frimley NHS Integrated Care Board; and a NED and Audit Chair at Active Travel England, an agency of the Department for Transport focused on improving opportunities to cycle and walk.  She is an independent advisor to Network Rail’s Audit and Risk Committee and Treasury Committee.

Ilona’s executive career began in academia where she undertook public health research. She then joined the Civil Service where she spent over twenty years.  She was Group Finance Director at the Department for Transport from 2016 to 2022.

She is a Chartered Public Finance Accountant and holds a PhD in International Public Health, a Post Graduate Diploma in Medical Statistics & Epidemiology and a BA (Hons) in Geography. She completed the Financial Times Non-Executive Director Diploma in 2020.