Council Associates

Siddhant Majithia is an Independent Prescribing Optometrist, Chartered Manager, and Ophthalmic Director working in both community practice and professional education. He leads a busy Specsavers store in Newark, where he supports the delivery of enhanced clinical services and oversees the professional development of a large multidisciplinary team.

Siddhant graduated from the University of Bradford in 2017 and worked in community optometry before becoming a store partner in 2021. He holds Professional Certificates in Glaucoma and Medical Retina and is a qualified Independent Prescriber. He is also a Chartered Manager and has completed ILM Level 2 and 3 qualifications in Leadership and Management, along with a Senior Leader Apprenticeship at Level 7. He is currently undertaking a Master of Business Administration (MBA) with a focus on strategic optimisation in the optical sector.

Siddhant has a strong interest in clinical education, regularly facilitating on the Specsavers Pre-Reg Academy programme and assessing for WOPEC. He has supervised multiple pre-registration optometrists and is a member of the College of Optometrists Advisory Panel, contributing to wider conversations around clinical standards, professional development, and workforce strategy.

Fahima is a student contact lens optician and dispensing optician based in Leicester. She works as a Dispensing Consultant for the East region at Specsavers. She is a Cert 4 Facilitator, where she teaches the next generation of dispensing opticians. Fahima is also an Outreach Coordinator for Vision Care and a Talk and Support Facilitator for RNIB. In 2025, she was the Winner of the Doug Perkins Dispensing Optician Award for Clinical Excellence.

Fahima holds a degree in English Language and Literature attained from the University of Leicester in 2021, during which, she worked part-time in optics. This experience ignited a passion to delve further, and she enrolled onto the Dispensing Optician Diploma and qualified in 2024. She is currently studying for her Contact Lens Diploma and Diploma in Paediatric Eyecare.

Indy is a specialist optometrist at Moorfields Eye Hospital in London, where he works across a range of services including consultant glaucoma, medical retina, external disease, urgent care, and specialist contact lenses.

He graduated from Aston University with a first-class degree in Optometry and has since developed extended clinical experience within multidisciplinary hospital settings. He has completed further qualifications in glaucoma and medical retina and is currently undertaking an MSc in Advanced Clinical Practice in Ophthalmology at University College London (UCL).

He has a particular interest in advanced clinical practice and the evolving role of optometrists. Alongside his clinical work, Indy has been actively involved in professional and regulatory engagement, including serving two terms as a national councillor for the Association of Optometrists and contributing to education reform initiatives linked to the GOC Education Strategic Review.