Our Trustees

Beverly was appointed to the Trustee Board at Citizens Advice Manchester in 2017 and became the Chair in September 2020. Beverly has worked as a Business and IT Consultant for a number of multi-national organisations and, as an independent consultant and coach, has worked on a diverse range of projects across the private, public and voluntary sectors. Her background is in large scale IT Transformation, Strategic Client Management, Sales Operations and Programme Assurance and she has been a Vice President and Senior Executive in Capgemini, IBM and Fujitsu Services. She has been particularly involved over the last 20 years in the Welfare Sector and is most interested in the role today's digital transformation can play in helping deliver support and independence to the most vulnerable in society.  

Mark Lyonette is Vice Chair of Citizens Advice Manchester (CAM). Mark joined the Trustee Board of Citizens Advice Manchester in June 2024. Mark has spent over 30 years leading successful membership organisations including the Association of British Credit Unions (ABCUL) and the National Pharmacy Association (NPA). He has extensive experience of building strong board and management teams both as a Chief Executive working with Boards and as a Non-Executive Director himself. During his time at ABCUL Mark sat on the UK Governments Financial Inclusion Taskforce.

Grenville Page - Treasurer

Grenville started his public service career at the Greater Manchester Council where, undertaking professional CIPFA finance training and moving to Trafford Council just before abolition of the metropolitan county councils in 1986. He then moved into the NHS at the beginning of the significant reforms in the early 1990s, as a Finance Director of Tameside Family Services Authority (commissioner of primary care) and then into West Pennine Health Authority before moving into the civil service in the late 1990s with the Benefits Agency and then DWP where he held senior roles in finance and governance, before leaving full time employment in 2011 to develop a long standing ambition of a portfolio career working across sectors.

During the last 14 years Grenville has had a diverse changing portfolio working across sectors NHS, local government, housing, education, social care and well-being, charities and community interest companies covering a wide range of non-exec/trustee board and chairing positions; interim FD roles in a social enterprise and a council owned trading company; and consultancy work.

Grenville is currently a non-executive director and chair of the Audit Committee at The Christie NHS Trust and non-executive director and chair of Viaduct Care the GP federation for Stockport. He’s also the independent chair of the Audit Committees of the Greater Manchester Combined Authority and Oldham Council. Grenville was a non- executive at the Manchester CCGs for 9 years before joining The Christie in 2021 and completed his 9-year tenure as a non-executive at Great Places Housing Group (including time with Equity Housing before the merger) last September.

Grenville is passionate about the opportunities for greater innovative and collaborative working across sectors to drive better services and outcomes for the people we serve across our communities. Outside his professional career he loves all forms of motorsport and cars, 70s and some later years rock, visiting National Trust gardens and houses, walking, photography and in the last 2 years has taken up playing regular badminton again including some league matches after a 30 year gap.

Joining the Trustee Board in October 2018 and becoming the Chair of the HR Committee, Tony has a strong background working in legal environments across the public and private sector. In his professional roles, he provides advice and support in the development of new policy and organisational strategy. A registered member of CIPD, Tony specialises in a number of areas including L&D, change management, IT and Security.

Conor Meenan has over 30 years experience working in IT roles in blue-chip companies. He is a Consultant and Senior Programme/Project Manager and has held senior positions in major Digital Transformation and IT projects, service delivery organisations and service improvement and organisational change initiatives. His experience is global and across many functional areas including supply chain, operations, call centres, finance and sales and marketing. Prior to becoming a Trustee in September 2020, Conor volunteered with CAM for 3 years, initially on Research & Campaigns and then on Big Data Strategy and Data Analytics initiatives.

Ginny joined the Trustee Board 2024, becoming the Chair of the HR Committee more recently. Ginny has a background in HR, Change Management and Organisational design. Ginny started her career, many year ago, in Citizens Advice as an L&D consultant in West Midlands and went on to a career spanning voluntary and public sector. She is a CIPD Chartered member and now specialises in people and organisation development.

Mike brings a wealth of experience as a seasoned Business Manager, skilled in understanding core client needs and fostering valuable relationships. His expertise spans the full spectrum of IT Network Services, with a particular focus on leveraging network solutions as a driver of progress, rather than a constraint. With a proven track record across the finance industry, he has excelled both as an individual sales contributor and as a leader, developing high-performing teams that consistently exceed customer expectations. An advocate for innovation, Mike is committed to delivering cloud-based services that enhance operational efficiency and create lasting impact. As a previous Trustee here in Manchester, Mike brings his strategic insights and industry knowledge to help Citizens Advice better serve the community.

Will Priest is a Consultant working across the Public Sector industry, specialising in investment advisory and programme strategy. He has a strong background in managing large-scale, public-facing programme delivery and business case development. Previously, Will has held roles as an official in central government, notably at HM Treasury. Here, Will specialised in consumer financial policy and ensuring accountable, transparent management of public finances.

Jan joined the Trustee Board of Citizens Advice Manchester in 2023  and more recently became Chair of the Strategy & Innovation Committee.

Jan has a background in business, with over 30 years of experience in Sales and Key Account Management within a global corporation. 

She has expertise in  managing partner and client relationships as well as  managing tender and contract based business.

Abimbola was appointed to the Trustee Board at Citizens Advice Manchester in July 2025.  Abimbola is a Project & Programme Delivery Professional with over 15 years’ experience of delivering significant business benefits using various project management methodologies, Government Digital Services and Standards experience (GDS), service management skills and techniques across different industry domains such as Central Government, Public Sector, Housing Association, Energy, Banking and Private Sector.  Having delivered various Transformation and Business Change projects for clients like Home Office, Cabinet Office, DWP, Manchester City Council, Oxfordshire City Council, WWL NHS Trust etc. An expert at decomposing and structuring complex business problems, defining visions and strategies, developing solutions and providing recommendations to all levels of stakeholders.

He is also a community champion having been involved in many community projects within Salford Council. He pioneered the African Family Picnic which celebrates African diversity, culture and heritage which is held at Albert Park Salford.  He is passionate about giving back and supporting the community.