This is in addition to the work with ministers, government officials, professional regulators, royal colleges, professional bodies and the Devolved Administrations to help shape policy and decision making.
Susan Aitkenhead is a Deputy Chief Nursing Officer to Ruth May, Chief Nursing Officer for England and supports CNO on matters linked to professional regulation, education, research, and collective leadership.
Mat has previously worked for Salford City Council, Nottingham City Council, Jobcentre Plus and as a teacher and freelance translator in Slovenia. The role includes significant joint working with partners across GM, especially those working in health, skills and economic development, as well as with central government departments, academics and Think Tanks. The key elements of this include the development of a whole population Working Well system to ensure people have the support and opportunities to secure and progress in work developing a world-class jobs and progression service, working with Jobcentre Plus and developing a GM approach to managing welfare reform that delivers job progression and addresses low pay. Mat is responsible for the delivery of the employment elements of GM’s groundbreaking devolution agreement and the Greater Manchester Strategy priority around good jobs for people to progress & develop. Mat Ainsworth is the Assistant Director for Employment (Strategy, Policy & Delivery) at the Greater Manchester Combined Authority. Inspected all the 43 police forces and made major recommendations that contributed towards increasing the confidence of Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) in policing. Maqsood led on the equality and diversity inspections. Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary (HMIC): Assistant Inspector of Constabulary. National Offender Management Service (NOMS): Strategic Director for Diversity, Equality and Communications, Maqsood was instrumental in developing the Inclusion Directorate. He led on programmes on behalf of Home Secretaries, Policing Ministers and Home Office Policy Directors. Maqsood pervious posts prior to HSCP include: Home Office, Head of Equalities for Policing. He also brings with him experience as a cohort director for the Nye Bevan Leadership Programme for the University of Manchester. He was the senior manager responsible for mental health, dementia, diabetes and cardiovascular diseases (CVD). Maqsood joined the British Muslim Heritage Centre in April 2019 as the Chief Executive Officer, from Greater Manchester Health and Social Care Partnership (HSCP). Maqsood Ahmad, Chief Executive Officer, British Muslim Heritage Centre. He has also served on the National Executive Committee of the Fabian Society (Britain’s oldest political think-tank) and was Chair of the Young Fabian’s (the under-31 section) Health Network.Īde is also studying for a Doctor of Philosophy in Global Health and Social Medicine at King’s College London. He is also the Managing Director of the world’s biggest Global Health Jobs platform Ade is also the founder and Executive Director for the African Healthcare Hackathon (an annual hackathon (an event typically lasting several days where a large number of people collaborate intensively on a project) that has worked on developing solutions for organisations such as WHO, Médecins Sans Frontières, Save the Children and UNICEF. He is currently supporting a number of commercial activities at NHS England and NHS Improvement, including PPE procurement for COVID-19 and establishing the NHS Long Term Plan ambition for the NHS Export Collaborative, exploring the ways the NHS can collaborate around their innovations and engage overseas.Īde is a Global Health policy expert who is also a Director at the Think Tank Chatham House, where he supports Ministry of Health stakeholders across Africa, by strengthening their leadership and policy development capacities. Ade is Co-Chair for the Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic Staff Network of NHS England and NHS Improvement and was awarded an MBE for services to Global Health policy.