Greater Manchester Pension Fund (GMPF) has established a Local Pension Board to assist Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council (TMBC) in its role as administering authority, in particular with:
- Securing compliance with the regulations, any other legislation relating to the governance and administration of the Scheme, and requirements imposed by the Pensions Regulator in relation to the Scheme
- Ensuring the effective and efficient governance and administration of the Scheme.
Employer representatives
- Councillor B Fairfoull – Local Authority representative
- Councillor J Naylor - Local Authority representative
- M Cullen – Local Authority Treasurer representative
- J Hammond – Local Authority Monitoring Officer representative
- P Taylor – Representative of non-Local Authority employers
Scheme member representatives
- M Rayner – UNISON
- D Schofield – GMB
- C Lloyd - UNISON
- C Goodwin – Unite
- P Catterall – Pensioner member representative
Register of interests
The Local Pension Board maintains a register of board members' relevant interests. This is published on an annual basis as part of our report and accounts.
Each member of the Local Pension Board, the GMPF Management Panel and Advisory Panel and Working Groups formally considers declarations of interest at each meeting. In addition, an annual return of all declarations of interest is obtained from the members by their respective Councils. Those relevant to GMPF Local Pension Board are listed below:
Name of Board Member | Position & Organisation | Organisation relationship with GMPF | Date notified |
M Rayner | Employee of Stockport MBC | Contributing employer | 18/04/2017 |
D Schofield | Employee of Manchester City Council | Contributing employer | 18/04/2015 |
M Cullen | Employee of Stockport MBC | Contributing employer | 16/06/2019 |
J Hammond | Employee of Bury MBC | Contributing employer | 24/04/2017 |
C Lloyd | Employee of Tameside MBC | Contributing employer | 20/04/2017 |
C Goodwin | Employee of the University of Manchester | Contributing employer | 24/04/2017 |
P Taylor | Employee of the Manchester College | Contributing employer | 21/04/2017 |