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Catherine joined the Bury Care Organisation as director of finance from NICE (National Institute for Health and Care Excellence) where she most recently held the post of director of business planning and resources, leading the wider corporate functions including HR, estates and facilities, corporate governance, procurement and IT, as well as finance.
She joined the NHS as a national finance management trainee in 2002 and has over 18 years of experience working in senior roles nationally and in the north-west, having worked in large acute Trusts prior to NICE.
Catherine is passionate about people and has led on several initiatives at NICE to promote diversity and inclusion and is also a trained mentor. As well as a career in the NHS, Catherine divides her time between parenting two school-age children and volunteering as Trustee and treasurer for Age UK Lancashire.
Emma has worked in HR in health and social care since 2001, in a number of organisations including social services, acute trusts, primary care trusts and immediately prior to joining the NCA, at the Royal Manchester Children’s Hospital.
She graduated from Manchester Metropolitan University with a BA (Hons) in accounting & finance in 1999 and in 2001 completed her MA in human resource management. Emma is a Chartered Member of the Chartered Institute for Personnel and Development (CIPD) and a Myers Brigg (MBTI) practitioner, with a strong interest in what motivates us at work, engagement and appreciative inquiry. Experienced in large scale complex workforce reconfigurations and service transformations, Emma was the associate director of workforce for Bury & Rochdale Care Organisation, prior to the disaggregation in 2020.
Outside of work, Emma loves live music, reformer pilates, her family and friends (especially her nephews and nieces), books and holidays.
