Meet The Team
At the core of Heartbeat is a passionate team of exercise professionals, clinicians, fundraisers and volunteers working together every day to make life better for people living with cardiovascular disease.
Meet the people who motivate, support and inspire over 1,000 members across the North West every week.
CEO & Medical Director
Louise Bache
Chief Executive Officer
Dr Stuart Jones
Medical Director & GP
with a special interest in
cardiology
Finance & Lottery
Caroline Dransfield
Head of Finance
Karen Gildert
Lottery Officer
Fundraising Team
Sally Seed (PhD)
Fundraising Lead
& BACPR Instructor
Lisa Riding
Fundraising Lead
Joanna Oxberry
Fundraising & Lottery Officer
Testing Team
Debbie Crossley
Cardiac Physiologist
Jo Duff
Cardiac Physiologist &
Education Lead
Matt Tidswell
Wellbeing Administrator
& BACPR Instructor
Reception Team
Jo Widdows
Receptionist
Somayya Malek
Receptionist
Sam Patel
Receptionist
Instructors
Carl Martinez
Operations Manager
& BACPR Instructor
Julia Gardham
BACPR Instructor
Jackie Lowry
BACPR Instructor
Steve Jenkinson
BACPR Instructor
Charlotte Flynn
BACPR Instructor
Becks Moore
BACPR Instructor
Saad Salman
BACPR Instructor
Ellis Whorlton-Jones
BACPR Instructor