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Emma Alexander
Emma Alexander
Chief Executive
Place Based Lead

Joe Kelly
Joe Kelly
Strategic Director
of Adults (DASS)
Jill Colbert
Jill Colbert
Strategic Director
of Childrens (DCS)
(Deputy Chief Executive)
 
Julian Jackson
Julian Jackson

Strategic Director
of Housing, Environment
& Estates
 
Nicola Elsworth
Nicola Elsworth

Director of
Strategic Growth
Zoe Evans
Zoe Evans
 Strategic Director
of Finance (S151)
 
Sarah Bullock
Sarah Bullock
Strategic Director of
Corporate Services
Janet Witkowski
Janet Witkowski

Director of Legal &
Democratic Services
(Monitoring Officer)
Senior Management Team Service Unit / Manager Functions

Corporate Services

Assistant Director People, Workforce Development & Communications

Jennifer Tyson

Jennifer Tyson
Head of HR Strategy & Operations
0161 342 2938

 

HR Operations and Payroll
Employee Relations Team
Business Partnering
Frank O’Sullivan
Frank O’Sullivan
Head of Organisational
and Workforce Development
0161 342 2657
Organisational Development
Jordanna Rawlinson
Jordanna Rawlinson
 Head of Communications
0161 342 3083
Communications
Promotions and Marketing
Press and Media
Social Media
Ridhwaan Hafezji
Ridhwaan Hafezji

Assistant Director ICT, 
Digital & Information 
Governance
 0161 342 3299
Nicola Smith
Nicola Smith
Head of ICT Technical and Development
0161 342 3548
Website
ICT software development
Cyber Security 
Local and Wide Area Network (Voice, WiFi and Data)
Data Centre and Data Centre Migration
Technical Services (Servers, Databases, Exchange/Email, PSN)
Joanna Thorne
Joanna Thorne
Head of ICT Strategy and Operations
0161 342 2213
 
Becky Swan
Becky Swan
Head of Information Governance and Data Protection Officer
0161 342 2962
Data Protection and Compliance
Information and Records
Shelley Heckman
Shelley Heckman
Head of iNetwork
0161 342 3445
iNetwork
Amy Foots
Amy Foots

Assistant Director Policy, 
Strategy & Change
07970433937
Dan Hodgson
Dan Hodgson 
Head of Business Intelligence
0161 342 3546
Performance & Intelligence
Data Integration
Corporate Systems
Katie Sherriff
Katie Sherriff
Transformation & 
Improvement Manager
0161 342 5072
Transformation
Improvement
Tom Hoghton
Tom Hoghton
Policy & Scrutiny 
Service Manager
0161 342 5082
Policy
Scrutiny
Sarah Bullock
Sarah Bullock
Strategic Director of Corporate Services
0161 342 2322
Julie Speakman
Julie Speakman
Head of Executive Support
0161 342 2142
Executive Support leadership & management
Elected Member Support
Information & Improvement
Complaints & Customer Care
Service Directorate Business Support
Customer Service Excellence
Registrars
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