Meet our Greater Manchester Integrated Partnership (GMICP) Board Members
Our GMICP Board members are leaders from a mix of health, care and wider public sector and community sector organisations. Together they bring a wide range of skills, experience and knowledge to improving the health and wellbeing of all GM residents.
Co-Chair
Mayor Andy Burnham
Andy Burnham was elected Mayor of Greater Manchester in May 2017, and was re-elected for a second term in May 2021.
He is the chair of the Greater Manchester’s Combined Authority and it’s eleventh member. He is also the lead for Policy & Reform and Transport. The Mayor is also supported by Deputy Mayor Kate Green who leads on Safer and Stronger Communities.
Prior to being Mayor, Andy was MP for Leigh from 2001. In Government, Andy has held Ministerial positions at the Home Office, Department of Health and the Treasury. In 2008 he became Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, before returning to Health as Secretary of State in 2009.
In opposition, Andy has served as Shadow Education Secretary, Shadow Health Secretary and Shadow Home Secretary.
Andy lives in Leigh, Greater Manchester, with his wife and three children. He is a keen supporter of Everton FC.
Co-Chair
Sir Richard Leese
Sir Richard Leese grew up in Mansfield, Nottinghamshire. After graduating in Mathematics at the University of Warwick, he worked as a maths teacher before moving to Manchester to take up a post as a youth worker. He was employed in various roles including youth work, community work, and education research between 1979 – 1988.
Elected to Manchester City Council as a Labour councillor in 1984, Sir Richard then became its leader in 1996. He was awarded a CBE in 2001 and then a knighthood for services to local government in the 2006 Queen’s Birthday Honours list.
Sir Richard was one of the signatories to the city-region’s health devolution deal with Government in 2015. He chaired Greater Manchester Health and Social Care Partnership from March 2020 until becoming chair of NHS Greater Manchester Integrated Care. Since its inception, Sir Richard chaired Manchester’s Health and Wellbeing board, which plans health and social care services for the city. He was also chair of Manchester, Salford, and Trafford Health Action Zone, which brought together partners to tackle health inequalities.
Sir Richard is a strong advocate for addressing the wider determinants of health and is resolute that partnership working is key to this and in paving the way for wider public service reform.
- Councillor Daalat Ali, Rochdale Council
- Evelyn Asante-Mensah, Provider Federation representative
- Councillor Barbara Brownridge, Oldham Council representative
- Professor Mark Britnell, Health Innovation Manchester representative
- James Bull, Trade Union representative
- Stephanie Butterworth, Director of Adult Social Services representative
- Janet Castrogiovanni, Greater Manchester Primary Care Provider Board
- Kathy Cowell, Provider Federation representative
- Councillor Bev Craig, Manchester City Council
- Councillor Keith Cunliffe, Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council representative
- Heather Fairfield, GM Healthwatch representative
- Councillor Sean Fielding, Bolton Council representative
- Mark Fisher, Chief Executive of NHS Greater Manchester
- Councillor Mark Hunter, Stockport Council representative
- Dr Luvjit Kandula, Primary Care representative
- Dr Don McGrath, Primary Care representative
- Alison McKenzie Folan, local Authorities health lead
- Chris McLoughlin, Director of Children’s Services representative
- Councillor John Merry, Salford City Council representative
- Councillor David Molyneux, Wigan Council representative
- Councillor Eamonn O’Brien, Work and Skills Council
- Alison Page, Salford Community and Voluntary Service
- Nicki O’Connor, Employer and Strategic Partnerships
- Edna Robinson, VCSE (voluntary, community and social enterprise) representative
- Councillor Tom Ross, Trafford Council
- Noel Sharpe, Housing representative
- Caroline Simpson, Greater Manchester Combined Authority representative
- Councillor Jane Slater, Trafford Council representative
- Councillor Tamoor Tariq, Bury Council representative
- Dr Tracey Vell, Primary Care representative
- Debbie Watson, Director of Public Health at Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council
- Councillor Eleanor Wills, Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council representative
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