Tameside MBC delegates the day to day running of GMPF to a committee called the Pension Fund Management Panel. The panel set up three working groups that consider areas of Greater Manchester Pension Fund’s work in more detail and make recommendations. An Advisory Panel supports the Management Panel and Director of Pensions.
Management Panel
Cllr Gerald Cooney
Tameside
- Chair of the Pension Fund and Executive Leader of Administering Authority (Tameside)
- Chair of Policy and Development Working Group
Cllr Jacqueline North
Tameside
- Deputy Chair of the Pension Fund
- Chair of Administration, Employer Funding and Viability Working Group
- Policy and Development Working Group
- Investments and ESG Working Group
Cllr Oliver Ryan
Tameside
- Vice Chair of the Pension Fund
- Chair of Investment, Monitoring, and ESG
- Policy and Development Working Group
- Administration, Employer Funding and Viability Working Group
Cllr Jean Drennan
Tameside
- Investments and ESG Working Group
- Administration, Employer Funding and Viability Working Group
Cllr Clive Patrick
Tameside
- Administration, Employer Funding and Viability Working Group
Cllr Vincent Ricci
Tameside
- Investments and ESG Working Group
- Administration, Employer Funding and Viability Working Group
Cllr Susan Quinn
Tameside
- Investments and ESG Working Group
- Administration, Employer Funding and Viability Working Group
Cllr John Taylor
Tameside
- Administration, Employer Funding and Viability Working Group
Cllr Amy Cowen
Bolton
- Investments and ESG Working Group
- Administration, Employer Funding and Viability Working Group
Cllr Joan Grimshaw
Bury
- Administration, Employer Funding and Viability Working Group
Cllr Abdul Jabbar
Oldham
- Investments and ESG Working Group
- Administration, Employer Funding and Viability Working Group
Cllr Philip Massey
Rochdale
- Investments and ESG Working Group
- Administration, Employer Funding and Viability Working Group
TBA
Trafford
- Investments and ESG Working Group
- Administration, Employer Funding and Viability Working Group
Cllr Keith Cunliffe
Wigan
- Administration, Employer Funding and Viability Working Group
Cllr Paul Andrews
Manchester
- Investments and ESG Working Group
- Administration, Employer Funding and Viability Working Group
Advisory Panel
Employer representatives
Councillor G Cooney – Tameside (Chair)
Councillor A Cowen - Bolton
Councillor J Grimshaw - Bury
Councillor P Andrews - Manchester
Councillor A Jabbar – Oldham
Councillor P Massey - Rochdale
Councillor M Barnes - Salford
Councillor L Smart - Stockport
TBA - Trafford
Councillor K Cunliffe – Wigan
Employee representatives
Ken Drury
UNITE
- Investments and ESG Working Group
- Administration, Employer Funding and Viability Working Group
Frank Llewellyn
UNITE
- Investments and ESG Working Group
- Administration, Employer Funding and Viability Working Group
Gale Blackburn
UNISON
- Administration and Employer Funding Viability Working Group
Alan Flatley
GMB
- Investments and ESG Working Group
- Administration, Employer Funding and Viability Working Group
Observers
External advisors
Three external advisors assist the Advisory Panel regarding investment related issues. The advisors are:
R S Bowie - Guardian Partner, Hymans Robertson
P Moizer - Professor and Dean of Business School, University of Leeds
M Powers - Retired Investment Manager