Mayuri Patel is an experienced accountant and dedicated community leader with over 29 years of service. She is a Management Accountant at East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust (ESNEFT) and co-runs a local business in Ipswich. She worked for Ipswich and Suffolk Council for Racial Equality (ISCRE) and Suffolk Law Centre for 15 years, specializing in charity finance. As an Inclusion and Diversity ambassador, trustee of multiple charities, and former public governor for ESNEFT, she advocates for social welfare, education, and healthcare.

Actively engaged in multicultural forums, she also contributed to the Spiritual, Pastoral, and Religious Care multi-faith belief guide for Bradford Teaching Hospital. Fluent in English, Gujarati, Hindi, and Marathi, she is passionate about fostering community cohesion and driving positive change through collaboration and advocacy.