MPG ambassadors
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​Terry Flanagan MBE Proud MPG Ambassador
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Terry is a former professional rugby league player, who has played at representative level for Great Britain and Lancashire, and at club level for Oldham and Saddleworth Rangers ARLFC. Terry won caps for Great Britain while at Oldham in 1983 against France (2 matches), and in 1984 against New Zealand, and Papua New Guinea. He is also an Oldham Hall Of Fame inductee.

Terry’s career includes thirty years in the telecoms industry. He bought, sold and merged companies and in recent times operated as business lead in turnaround situations.

Terry is on the Chaiman of Mahadlo, a registered charity and state-of-the-art Youth Zone in the heart of Oldham for 8-19 year olds (up to 25 for young people with a disability). He wants Mahdlo to “develop and create the good people of Oldham’s future!”

Terry was also awarded the MBE in 2017, for his work with Rugby Cares and other Charity work.
​Carl Lomas MBE Proud MPG Ambassador​
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​Chairman of the Institute of Couriers. Visiting professor of Logistics at London met Univ. fellow in logistics at University of Derby. Sec to the BIS trailblazer apprenticeship phase three bid for courier qualification 'express delivery'. Chairman GTA, Logistics Skills Alliance, a coalition between West Thames FE College, private training provision and employers around Heathrow. Elected April 2016, TFL LoCITY Van group chairman. Inaugural chair for TFGM Urban deliveries group launched Sept 2016 run by Helen Smith. Proposed to FORS governance role 2016 representing final mile. Sec to the LLEP Transport priority group. Former inaugural chair D2N2 LEP transport logistics group. Liveryman and court member of the worshipfull company of Carmen. FE gov council member for Buxton & Leek College. A graduate in Computer Science, post graduate certificate in research at MMU & doctorial research candidate at Derby Univ with a thesis on internet e-retail logistics.

Carl is the author of the book "Certain death in the ice" and was awarded MBE in 2010 recognising to Training in the Courier Industry.

Learn more on Carl's Linked In
​Cllr Bill Fairfoull TMBC MPG Ambassador
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Bill is the Labour Councillor for St Michaels Ward - Ashton-under-Lyne Tameside, and Campaign co-ordinator for Ashton CLP. He is a member of the Institute of Internal Auditors (IIA), and is employed by the Ministry of Defence, and  Asset Accounting Centre, Manchester. 

Bill is a school governor at St James's CE School, Ashton, on the Hurst Community Association Committee, and Manchester Airport Consultative Committee 

​Follow Councillor Fairfoull on Twitter.
Fiona McKay MPG Ambassador

Fiona is an award winning entrepreneur, business strategist, leadership expert and international keynote speaker. She is known globally for her work helping companies and
corporates to put gender acceleration into the heart of growth strategies, especially in heavily male dominated sectors.

She is the Managing Director and Head of Value Creation at Lightbulb Leadership Solutions. In addition she is the founder of The Menopause MazeTM a company and online
community which helps senior women maximise their careers and companies retain their talent as they move through menopause. Fiona is known in the media as The Menopause Career Coach and is a campaigner and expert menopause in the workplace commentator on TV and radio, including ITV and BBC.

Fiona is the winner of the Innospace Business Award for Entrepreneurship. She has been
recognised as one of the 12 Most Influential Women In Business and was voted Women’s

Keynote Speaker of the Year. Alongside Oprah Winfrey, Hilary Clinton and Whitney Wolfe-
Herd, she was also recognised as one of the Top 250 Global influencers in FemTech. Fiona

also is a member of the All Party Parliamentary Group for Women & Finance. She hosts
events, awards, speaks on podcasts and panels.

Contact links:
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www.lightbulbleaders.com
www.menopausemaze.com
https://www.fiona-mckay.com/about-fiona/speaker