John Atherton

John Atherton is a business consultant and localmotion Programme Manager at Action Together, focusing on community economic development and addressing social injustices. They played a significant role in launching a membership association for worker co-ops at workers.coop and have extensive experience in supporting local charities and enterprises through various leadership roles, including Director positions at Rochdale Community Transport and Rochdale Law Centre. John holds a BA hons in Economics and Geography from Keele University and has previously served as Head of Membership at Co-operatives UK, where they provided strategic leadership for the membership function.