Maura Cosgrave is a Chartered Professional Accountant and experienced business leader with a background in professional services, strategic leadership and organizational structures. Prior to taking early retirement to focus on raising her three children, Maura was a Partner at MNP, where she advised organizations and leaders on complex business and financial matters as well as provided assurance and taxation services to a variety of clients in the private and not-for-profit sectors

Since 2018, Maura has also become a passionate advocate for children and families affected by cancer. Following her daughter’s successful treatment for Acute Myeloid Leukemia, Maura brought her professional leadership experience and firsthand understanding of the pediatric oncology system to advocacy and community leadership. She is actively involved with Ac2orn, a Canadian parent-led pediatric oncology organization, and leads a working group with ACCESS (Advancing Childhood Cancer Experience & Survivorship), focused on innovative approaches to improving the Canadian pediatric cancer experience. She also serves on the British Columbia Executive Committee of the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society of Canada, where she advocates for a stronger focus on pediatric cancer and currently sits on the board of directors of Childhood Cancer Canada.

Maura brings together financial and business expertise, lived experience, and a strong commitment to collaboration and systems change, with a focus on building better outcomes for Canadians affected by cancer.