Maitland and financial consultant Simon Etherington were both confirmed as directors after shareholders voted at the club’s EGM on Tuesday.
They join Ralph Ricardo, Pete Nash, Pete Saxby and Steve Walkinshaw as directors, while Nigel Richardson and Jo Walkinshaw are associate directors.
Bob Russell and Kelvin Hastings-Gordon continue their respective commercial and financial duties with the board.
But for Maitland, formerly a vice-chairman before deciding to end a ten-year stay in February 2022, the backing of Weymouth’s shareholders filled him with pride.
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His journey represents full circle having initially set his sights on a temporary stint at Weymouth following his return in August 2022.
He told Echosport: “I’m pleased to finally join the board and to see the backing of the shareholders in such a unanimous way is quite a proud moment for me.
“I consider being a director of the club as a proud achievement and I look forward to hopefully carrying on the good work we’ve been doing.
“I hope that will help to encourage people to want to get back involved or stay involved at the football club.”
Maitland’s return came amid a desperate financial situation that saw the club post a £291,000 loss.
He and Etherington helped stabilise the Terras and, with the help of several backers, the club gradually worked its way into a safer position and paid its immediate debts.
Weymouth are expected to clinch the purse strings tightly this season as they aim to consolidate and then challenge for National League South honours in the future.
And Maitland is hopeful financial stability will breed confidence back into supporters around the town.
“Everything we’ve been trying to do is about stability and gradual growth rather than reactions to situations which is what we’ve had to do over the past year,” he added.
“Everything feels a lot more stable and secure than what it has done and I think that’s really important.
“Hopefully the confidence will start to come back from sponsors, supporters and just the general public of Weymouth.
“We’ve got lots of little ideas and things we want to grow, not just within the fan base but also getting back into the community and building that up.
“It’s not a short, quick process. That will take time but we’ve got a lot clearer an idea of where we want go and how we want to get there.”
On the pitch, Weymouth have signed 19 players already this summer and could welcome up to 23, according to manager Bobby Wilkinson.
However, tighter control of the playing budget has already led to the departures of strikers Brad Ash and Ahkeem Rose, the duo scoring 45 goals between them.
Nine other players have left Weymouth in what is a summer of wholesale changes at the Bob Lucas Stadium.
Elsewhere, Wilkinson has already started putting on individual sessions for players, with skipper Tom Bearwish this week seen training at Redlands.