Erin Portsmouth

Erin is a Chartered public relations practitioner who started her career in private sector marketing and communications consultancies, but for the past 13 years has worked in the National Health Service. She is currently Director of Corporate Affairs at NHS Oldham Clinical Commissioning Group where she oversees a portfolio across Oldham including governance, equality and diversity, public affairs, human resources, organisational development and legal.

She has a Masters degree in public relations, is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Public Relations (CIPR), and served on the CIPR North West Group Committee as a volunteer for ten years, also holding a three year term as Chair. She was appointed to the Board of Trustees of homelessness charity Emmaus Salford in 2017, where she is Company Secretary and oversees communications and governance.