Mala Agarwal

After graduating from Kingston University with a Business & Chemistry degree Mala ran several successful businesses including adult care home company, Clearwater Care, before founding Athena Care Homes in 2014. Mala credits her entrepreneurial mother as a figure of inspiration and adopts a hands-on strategy in all areas of the management of the business, which through an acquisition-based model, grew from 0-5 homes in 5 years. With a head office in Laindon, Essex, Athena is now a strong regional care provider in East England with 720 staff and 585 beds.