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 Brenda Warrington
Tameside
- Chair of the Pension Fund and Executive Leader of Administering Authority (Tameside).
- Chair of Policy and Development Working Group.
Cllr Gerald P Cooney
Tameside
- Deputy Vice Chair of the Pension Fund.
- Chair of Investments and ESG Working Group.
- Policy and Development Working Group.
- Administration, Employer Funding and Viability Working Group.
Cllr Mike Smith
Tameside
- Deputy Chair of the Pension Fund.
- Chair – Administration, Employer Funding and Viability Working Group.
- Policy and Development Working Group.
- Investments and ESG Working Group.
Cllr Leigh Drennan
Tameside
- 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 Eleanor Wills
Tameside
- Administration, Employer Funding and Viability Working Group.
Cllr Tafheen Sharif
Tameside
- Administration, Employer Funding and Viability Working Group.
Cllr Joan Grimshaw
Bury
- Administration, Employer Funding and Viability Working Group.
Cllr Paul Andrews
Manchester
- Investments and ESG Working Group.
- Administration, Employer Funding and Viability Working Group.
Cllr Keith Cunliffe
Wigan
- Administration, Employer Funding and Viability Working Group.
Cllr Alan Mitchell
Trafford
- Investments and ESG Working Group.
- Administration, Employer Funding and Viability Working Group.
Cllr Shaun O'Neill
Rochdale
- Investments and ESG Working Group.
- Administration, Employer Funding and Viability Working Group.
Cllr Abdul Jabbar
Oldham
- Investments and ESG Working Group.
- Administration, Employer Funding and Viability Working Group.
Cllr Diane Parkinson
Bolton
- Investments and ESG Working Group
- Administration, Employer Funding and Viability Working Group
Advisory Board
Employer representatives
Councillor B Warrington – Tameside (Chair)
Councillor D Parkinson - Bolton
Councillor J Grimshaw - Bury
Councillor P Andrews – Manchester
Councillor A Jabbar – Oldham
Councillor S O’Neill - Rochdale
Councillor M Barnes - Salford
Councillor J Taylor - Stockport
Councillor A Mitchell - 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
Alan Flatley
GMB
- Investments and ESG Working Group
- Administration, Employer Funding and Viability Working Group
Observers
External advisors
Four external advisors assist the Advisory Panel regarding investment related issues. The advisors are:
R S Bowie - Guardian Partner, Hymans Robertson
L Brown OBE - Former Section 151 Officer, Interim Chief Executive Scottish Police Authority
P Moizer - Professor and Dean of Business School, University of Leeds
M Powers - Retired Investment Manager