Maya was appointed Group General Counsel of Wesfarmers Limited in January 2015. She joined Wesfarmers in 1993 in the position of Legal Counsel - Litigation, and was appointed to the Senior Legal Counsel role for the Corporate Solicitors Office (Perth) in 2009. In 2010 Maya was appointed General Manager Legal - Litigation overseeing the management and conduct of all litigation and dispute matters across the Wesfarmers Group. Prior to joining Wesfarmers, Maya practised law at Parker & Parker (now Herbert Smith Freehills) and Downings Legal (now HWL Ebsworth) in areas including general commercial, industrial, regulatory and insurance litigation.
Maya holds Bachelor of Jurisprudence and Bachelor of Laws degrees from The University of Western Australia and was admitted to practice as a barrister and solicitor in 1990. Maya is a Graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors, and completed a full-term on the Executive Committee of the GC 100, representing the general counsel of Australia's top 100 ASX-listed companies, from 2015 to 2023.
She currently serves on the In‑House/Government Lawyers Committee of the Law Society of Western Australia, and previously served on the Joint Law Society and Women Lawyers Committee. Maya sits on the University of Western Australia Law School Advisory Board and is a member of Chief Executive Women.
She is currently a Director of MercyCare (since 2023), Bell Shakespeare Company (since 2021) and is a former Director of the Committee for Perth (2016–2025), including Deputy Chair of the CfP Audit Committee.