Who We Are

NHS North West BAME Assembly Steering Group members

Thomasina Afful
Associate Director EDI
Cheshire & Merseyside ICB

Evelyn Asante-Mensah
Chair
BAME Assembly
Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust​

Gunjit Bandesha
Director of Healthcare Public Health
NHS England North West

Shahedal Bari
Consultant Respiratory Physician
University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation Trust

Aisha Chaudhary
Director of Inclusion and Culture
Lancashire & South Cumbria ICB

Christopher Cutts
Regional Chief People Officer & Director of Workforce and OD
NHS England North West

Estephanie Dunn
Regional Director
Royal College of Nursing

Devina Halsall
Co-chair Strategic Advisory group on Race Equality
NHS England North West

Majid Hussain
Director of Equality and Inclusion
Greater Manchester Integrated Care

Raj Jain
Co – Chair BAME Assembly Steering Group
Chair, Cheshire & Merseyside ICB

Sharmila Kar
Director NW BAME Assembly
Joint Director Equality, Inclusion & Engagement
Greater Manchester Integrated Care and Manchester City Council

Nikhil Khashu
Co – Chair BAME Assembly Steering Group
Regional Director of Finance, NHS England North West

Sandeep Ranote
Executive Medical Lead Mental Health
Greater Manchester ICB

Naveed Sharif
Chair Staff Race Equality Network
NHS England North West

Anushta Sivananthan
Medical Director
Cheshire and Wirral Partnership NHS Foundation Trust​