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Rebecca Bibby

Interim Executive Director for Children’s Services

Rebecca Bibby leads a departmental portfolio within the Council that includes children’s social care and early intervention services, education and inclusion. Rebecca also has lead responsibility on a number of corporate, key transformation and change programmes including the Council’s Community Solutions programme and she plays a key role in Salford’s drive to become a UNICEF Child Friendly City.

Rebecca has a great affinity with the council, the city and its children and young people, having joined the organisation in 2009, initially as Education and Childcare Strategy Manager for Children’s Services Early Years. Since then, she has also been Head of Service for Starting Life Well and Helping Families and, most recently, Director for Early Help and School Readiness. Prior to joining Salford City Council, she started her career as a Nursery Nurse, before taking up a role in Children’s Services at Tameside Council.

Since joining Salford City Council, Rebecca has worked tirelessly to champion the needs of children and young people, with a focus on support for early intervention and prevention for children, young people and families. She has successfully led integrated locality-based children, young people and families resources and functions that deliver effective early help and early years services across the city and has been instrumental in a range of improvements to Salford Families Nurseries.

Rebecca brings a wealth of knowledge to the Council, together with an understanding of the continued work required to deliver quality services to our children and young people as well as the challenges the service faces.

Cllr John Merry

Deputy City Mayor of Salford and Chair of Key Cities

Cllr John Merry has served as Deputy City Mayor of Salford since 2016 and has led the City’s Adult Services, Health and Wellbeing portfolio since May 2021. He was elected to represent Broughton Ward in 1990 and served as the Leader of Salford City Council from 2003 until the election of the first directly-elected City Mayor in 2012. He was awarded a CBE in the Queen’s Birthday Honours list in 2009.

Cllr Teresa Christina Pepper

Board Director

Teresa is currently a Councillor in Salford representing Little Hulton and a member of the Mayoral Team with responsibility for Work & Skills & Business Support. She is a Trustee and Director of the Empower Youth Zone, a Director of Salford Credit Union and a Trustee of Community Little Hulton. She’s passionate about creating opportunity for the young people of the City of Salford.

Teresa has decided to become a member of the Council as she’s keen to be a part of an organisation that is so critical in delivering advanced education which has such a positive impact on changing lives. She is also interested in the development of advanced technologies and their impact on the future of work and in particular manufacturing.

Miranda Cannon

Executive Director of Resources and Transformation

Miranda Cannon is Executive Director of Resources and Transformation at Salford City Council. She leads a departmental portfolio within the Council that includes legal and governance, HR and organisational development, finance, digital, data and technology services, customer services, revenues and benefits, policy, performance and communications as well as responsibility for leading transformation and change including the Council’s Innovate transformation programme.

Miranda previously worked for Leicester City Council leading a range of frontline, corporate and support services and she has a background in private sector consultancy and public sector improvement, having worked for both KPMG and the Audit Commission. She has extensive professional experience in political environments and supporting elected Members and politicians as well as in governance and driving
change and transformation.