Having graduated from London University, Carla-Maria Heath entered local government in the Rates Department at the London Borough of Lambeth and then moved to the City of London Rates Section in 1982. In 1994 she was appointed to the post of Head of Revenues at the City, a post she held for 23 years, responsible for collecting around £1.5 billion in non-domestic rates, council tax, commercial rents and miscellaneous income. Since leaving the City Corporation, she has become an independent consultant on local authority revenues. Carla-Maria is Senior Vice President of the IRRV and Chair of the Local Taxation and Revenues Faculty. She is an active member of the executive committee of the London and Home Counties Association and has been Association Chairman twice. Currently Carla-Maria represents the Institute on the Fair Funding Review and Systems Design Working Groups for business rates reform at the DCLG/LGA. She also represents the Institute on the Valuation Tribunal User Group and at the VOA.