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The Local Pension Board

The Local Pension Board

GMPF has established a Local Pension Board to assist Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council (TMBC) in its role as administering authority. 

Getting Started

  • Regulatory Compliance

    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 

  • Effective Scheme Governance

     Ensuring the effective and efficient governance and administration of the Scheme. 

Representatives

  • Employer Representatives

    • Councillor Joe Kitchen (Chair)
      Local Authority Representative
    • Councillor Vimal Choksi
      Local Authority Representative
    • Michael Cullen 
      Local Authority Treasurer Representative 
    • Gillian Duckworth 
      Local Authority Chief Lawyer Representative 
    • Paul Taylor 
      Representative of Non-Local Authority Employers 

  • Scheme Member Representatives

    • Tracey Delaney 
      UNISON 
    • Carl Greatbatch 
      UNISON 
    • Chris Goodwin 
      Unite 
    • Alan Kniveton 
      Pensioner Member Representative  
    • David Hope 
      GMB Union 

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, as ‘Contributing employer’ relationship with GMPF Organisation : 

  • M Cullen

    Employee of Stockport MBC 

    Relationship with GMPF: Contributing employer
    Date Notified : 16 June 2019     

  • C Goodwin

    Employee of the University of Manchester 

    Relationship with GMPF: Contributing employer 
    Date Notified : 24 April 2017 

  • P Taylor

    Employee of the Manchester College 

    Relationship with GMPF: Contributing employer
    Date Notified : 21 April 2017     

  • T Delaney

    Employee of Oldham Council 

    Relationship with GMPF: Contributing employer 
    Date Notified : 19 May 2025 

  • C Greatbatch

    Employee of Manchester City Council 

    Relationship with GMPF: Contributing employer 
    Date Notified : 23 July 2025 

  • V Choksi

    Employee of Oldham Council 

    Relationship with GMPF: Contributing employer 
    Date Notified : 31 July 2025 

Fund Administration

 In its role, the Board oversees the administration of the Fund, including: 

  • The effectiveness of the decision-making process. 
  • The direction of the Fund and its overall objectives. 
  • The level of transparency in the conduct of the Fund’s activities.
  • The administration of benefits and contributions. 

In addition, the Board:

Provide the Administering Authority with such information as it requires to ensure that any member of the Board or person to be appointed to the Board does not have a conflict of interest. 

ensure it complies with the Pensions Regulator’s guidance and relevant codes of practice. It will help to ensure that the Administering Authority is managing the Fund in line with the Pension Regulator’s expectations. 

Meet sufficiently regularly to discharge its duties and responsibilities effectively.

Appointments to the Local Pension Board

  • Employer Representatives

    Employer representatives must be office holders or senior employees of employers of the Fund or have experience representing scheme employers in a similar capacity.
    Officers or elected members of the Administering Authority responsible for the discharge of any function of the Administering Authority under the LGPS cannot serve as a member of the Board.  

  • Scheme & Pensioner Member Representatives

    The North West Trade Union Congress (TUC North West) will coordinate the appointment of scheme member representatives to the Board, excluding the pensioner member representative. Tameside MBC as the Administering Authority will write to the TUC North West when a term of office is due to expire to ask it to appoint a replacement representative.
    The Administering Authority will advertise and recruit to the position of pensioner member representative in liaison with the Chair.  

  • Other Representatives

    The Administering Authority will write to the Greater Manchester local authorities to ask them to coordinate the appointment of a representative of Greater Manchester Treasurers and a representative of Greater Manchester Chief Lawyers.
    The Administering Authority will propose one of the representatives be the Chair. There will be no vice-chair.