Elaine Unegbu has been a committed champion for age friendly work for many years and currently the chair of the Manchester Older Peoples Board and chair of the Greater Manchester Older Peoples Network Steering Group.  

Elaine also sits on Our Manchester Forum and on the Creative Ageing Development Agency advisory board. 

She has had a long and varied career in nursing, nurse management and nursing education in the Netherlands, England and Nigeria. She has been Chair of Central Manchester Community Health Council, Non-executive Director of the Manchester Health Authority, a trustee for Age Concern and a Lay inspector with the Care Quality Commission amongst many other roles.