Meet your local team
George Selmer
Contract Director for Greater Manchester, Cheshire & Warrington
George joined the G4S team from Talent, where he spent eight years developing and implementing innovative employment programmes across the UK, from New Deal for Communities partnerships to Flexible New Deal.
George was part of the team that designed one of the first ‘Invest to Save’ employment projects in the UK, funded by HM Treasury in 2005. He has spent his career building working partnerships between the public, private and voluntary sectors, to maximise the strengths of each.
George is committed to supporting and developing the people and businesses across the North West. For him the Work Programme represents a massive opportunity to do that, and he joined G4S because he believes that it is the organisation with the vision and capacity to make that happen.
Jagdeep Soor
Supply Chain Manager for Greater Manchester, Cheshire & Warrington
Jagdeep has 15 years’ experience in the welfare-to-work sector, working for major public and private sector organisations including Jobcentre Plus, Reed in Partnership, Shaw Trust, Serco and now G4S.
Jagdeep has implemented and managed a number of national and high profile employer-services programmes including Action Teams, Employment Zones, New Deal for Disabled People, Pathways to Work, European Social Fund and Flexible New Deal.
Jagdeep has substantial experience of employer engagement on a strategic and operational level, and has devised corporate employer-services strategies for a number of organisations.
Jagdeep’s aim is to deliver a Work Programme that will regenerate the region through the world of employment, career progression and business innovation. Working for an organisation such as G4S gives him a chance to help secure that change.
Louise Riley
Supply Chain Manager for Greater Manchester, Cheshire & Warrington
Louise joined G4S Welfare to Work as an Auditor in August 2011, becoming one of the Supply Chain Managers for Greater Manchester, Cheshire and Warrington in May 2012. Prior to joining G4S Louise managed a DWP contract within the North West, which included running a direct delivery team and Supply Chain.
With experience across the public, private and voluntary sector, Louise spent seven years managing staff and subcontractors on a range of Skills Funding Agency, ESF and DWP contracts as both a Prime provider and subcontractor. Louise is committed to ensuring that a high quality service is delivered to every individual to support them to enter and sustain employment and believes that the G4S delivery model supports this.
Jane Prior
Employer and Partnerships Manager for Greater Manchester, Cheshire & Warrington
Jane is the G4S Employer and Partnerships Manager for Greater Manchester, Cheshire and Warrington. Before joining G4S, Jane was a Contracts Manager for DWP managing the National Financial Inclusion Champions Contracts. Jane has over 30 years of experience in Welfare to Work as Operational and External Relations Manager for JCP.
Elaine Hodgson
Contract Coordinator for Greater Manchester, Cheshire & Warrington
Elaine joined G4S Welfare to Work in 2012, having previously worked for the British Council where she spent two years supporting the design and delivery of development education programmes on a global scale. She graduated from The University of Manchester in 2006 with a degree in Sociology and went on to develop both national education and public service improvement programmes as part of the Improvement Foundation.
Elaine is the key point of contact for the North West team.
Contact the North West Regional Team: elaine.hodgson@uk.g4s.com