who's in your region

Council

• President Gill Kilpatrick, County Treasurer, Lancashire County Council
  E: gill.kilpatrick@lancashire.gov.uk
• Vice President Shaer Halewood, Head of Financial Services, Warrington BC
  E: shalewood1@warrington.gov.uk
• Hon. Treasurer David Hodgkinson, Assistant Treasurer at Oldham Council 
  E: david.hodgkinson@oldham.gov.uk
• Hon. Secretary Mike Thomas, Director Public Sector Assurance, Grant Thornton UK LLP
  E: mike.thomas@uk.gt.com
• Board For the Regions Representative Lee Yale Helms, Senior Consultant, PricewaterhouseCoopers
  T: 0151 227 4242, E: lee.helms@uk.pwc.com
• Auditor Steve Kenyon, Chief Internal Auditor, Bury Council
  E: Steve.Kenyon@Bury.gov.uk

Other Council Members

• Ian Coleman, Independent Consultant 
• Pam Dyson, Independent Consultant
• Mike Owen, CIPFA Council Member, Bury Council
• Chris Pyke, University of Chester 
• David Taylor Smith

Students Forum

• Chair Carol McDonnell, E: carolmcdonnel@sthelens.gov.uk

Southern Members Section

• Chair Jeremy Valentine, Retired member
  E: j.valentine69@btinternet.com
• Secretary Gaynor Myers Flintshire County Council
  T: 01352 704016

Northern Members Section

• Chair Simon Raffaelli, University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation Trust 
• Secretary Samantha Jones, Lancashire County Council, E: samantha.jones@lancashire.gov.uk

Audit Advisory Group

• Chair Lynn Anders E: lynn.anders@knowsley.gov.uk
• Secretary Janet Findlay T: 07808079284, E: janetfindlay@hotmail.co.uk

Senior Management Group

• Chair Margaret Rawding, E: Margaret.Rawding@sefton.gov.uk
• Secretary George Graham, E: george.graham@lancashire.gov.uk

Website Management

• Society Sarah Lawrence E: sarah.lawrence1@btconnect.com 
• Southern Section Neal Frost Tel: 01978 292000
• Northern Section Simon Rafaelli  
• Students Faria Bahduer  
• Audit Judith Smith Tel: 01204 336296, E: judith.smith@bolton.gov.uk