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Secretariat
Registrar/Chief Executive
Dian Taylor
email: reg@optical.org
email: dtaylor@optical.org
Executive Assistant to Registrar and Chair
Naomi Ford
email: nford@optical.org
Contact me for:
- All contact with the Registrar and Chair
Finance
Financial Controller
Ami Samra
email: asamra@optical.org
Accounts Assistant
Sofia Khan
email: skhan@optical.org
Contact us for:
- All accounts queries
- Member/ staff expenses
Director of Education
Linda Kennaugh
email: lkennaugh@optical.org
PA to Director of Education
Hayley Robinson
email: hrobinson@optical.org
Contact me for:
- Queries for Linda Kennaugh, Director of Education
- General education queries
- Queries about practising in the UK with overseas qualifications
Accreditation Policy and Project Officer
Lisa Sparkes
email: lsparkes@optical.org
Contact me for:
- Accreditation and quality assurance of education and training
- Visits
- CET
- Freedom of Information and data protection requests
Education Policy and Project Officer
Paul Gavin
email: pgavin@optical.org
Contact me for:
- Schemes for registration, examinations and assessments
- Accreditation of education and training outside the UK
- Specialist qualifications and training (Independent Prescribing, Supplementary Prescribing, Additional Supply and Contact Lens)
Human Resources & Organisational Development
Director of Human Resources and Organisational Development
Lesa Oakley
email: loakley@optical.org
PA to Director of Human Resources and Organisational Development
Nikki King
email: nking@optical.org
Contact me for:
- Queries for Lesa Oakley, Director of HR and OD
HR Officer
Mandy Bainger
email: mbainger@optical.org
Contact us for:
- All HR issues
- Organisational development
Facilities Manager
Jacob Sanchez
email: jsanchez@optical.org
Contact me for:
- Queries regarding our premises
- General enquiries
- Hotel and travel bookings
- Office adminstration
- Administration support for David Henley
Facilities Officer
Marta Pocztowska
email: mpocztowska@optical.org
IT Officer
Jassen Payen
email: jpayen@optical.org
- Any IT queries
Fitness to Practise investigation and criminal prosecutions
Acting - Director of Legal Services and Fitness to Practise
Chris Alder
email: calder@optical.org
PA to Director and Assistant Director of Legal Services and Fitness to Practise
Philippa Saxby
email: psaxby@optical.org
Assistant Director of Legal and Fitness to Practise
Kisha Punchihewa
email: kpunchihewa@optical.org
Acting Senior Lawyer
Jane Kinane
email: jkinane@optical.org
Investigations and Fitness to Practise External Stakeholder Liaison Manager
Sarita Khaira
email: skhaira@optical.org
Investigations Caseworker
Angela Cooper
email: acooper@optical.org
Legal Services Administration Officer
Georgina Devoy
email: gdevoy@optical.org
Contact us for:
- Concerns about registrants’ fitness to practise
- Fitness to practise investigations
- Potential criminal actions
Standards
Deputy Registrar/ Director of Standards
Jon Levett
email: jlevett@optical.org
Contact me for policy enquiries on standards issues such as:
- Codes of Conduct
- Competencies
- Sale and supply of optical appliances
- Prescriptions
- Supply and administration of ophthalmic drugs
Assistant Director of Standards
Grahame Tinsley
email: gtinsley@optical.org
Contact me for policy and procedural enquiries on standards issues such as:
- Codes of Conduct
- Sale and supply of optical appliances
- Supply and administration of ophthalmic drugs
- Revalidation scheme for optometrists and dispensing opticians
PA to the Deputy Registrar and Director of Standards
Kelly Parker
Email: kparker@optical.org
Contact me for:
- Queries for Deputy Registrar/Director of Standards
- Queries regarding the administration of the following committees and their associated working groups: Audit, Standards
Council Manager
Maria Claridge
email: mclaridge@optical.org
Council Officer
Joan Burrow
email: jburrow@optical.org
Contact us for:
- All enquiries regarding the Council
Hearings Manager
David Henley
email: dhenley@optical.org
Contact me for:
- All aspects of fitness to practise and registration appeal committee hearings
Director of Communications and Information
Kate Fielding (currently on maternity leave)
email: kfielding@optical.org
- Queries for Director of Communications and Information (departments of Communications and Registration)
- Queries regarding the administration of the following committees and their associated working groups: Companies, Registration
Acting Head of Communications
Clare March
email: cmarch@optical.org
Communications Officer
Simon Grier
email: sgrier@optical.org
Contact us for:
- Media enquiries
- Use of the GOC logo
- Contributions to or queries about Bulletin
- Copies of GOC publications (including accessible formats)
- Joining our press release or other mailing lists
- Updates to information directories and databases
- Website queries
Assistant Director of Registration
Philip Hallam
email:phallam@optical.org
Registration Operations Manager
Laura Hytti
email: lhytti@optical.org
Registration Officers
Enda Heslin
email: eheslin@optical.org
Ian Johnson
email: ijohnson@optical.org
Katri Kajava
email: kkajava@optical.org
Registration Assistant
Laura Haapio-Kirk
email: lhaapio-kirk@optical.org
Alexandra Urdea
email: aurdea@optical.org
Contact us for:
- Registration queries
- Registration payments
- CET queries
- Change of name/ address
Registration Policy and Projects Manager
Matthew Tait
email: mtait@optical.org
Contact me for enquiries on registration policy issues such as:
- The content of or access to the GOC register
- Registration fees
- Online retention