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Association of Optometrists

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Previous officers 107

  1. Paul William Chapman-Hatchett 2024-2025 Director View profile
  2. Francesca Maria Parkes 2022-2024 Director View profile
  3. Fatima Nawaz 2021-2023 Director View profile
  4. Dharmesh Shashikant Patel 2021-2024 Director View profile
  5. Tushar Majithia 2018-2022 Director View profile
  6. Dr Julie-Anne Little 2017-2026 Director View profile
  7. Gordon William Ilett 2017-2023 Director View profile
  8. Jeremy Wealbund Holmes 2015-2022 Director View profile
  9. Michael Melvyn Fegan 2014-2023 Director View profile
  10. Peter Graham Hampson 2014-2017 Director View profile
  11. Vicky Marie O'Connor 2012-2014 Director View profile
  12. Helen Elizabeth Tilley 2011-2012 Director View profile
  13. Jane Rosamund Bell 2009-2015 Director View profile
  14. Thurka Sivapalan 2008-2011 Director View profile
  15. Kevin John Thompson 2008-2021 Director View profile
  16. Michael Rhys George 2007-2023 Director View profile
  17. Alison Margaret Mcclune 2007-2017 Director View profile
  18. Matthew Edward Bickerstaffe 2006-2018 Director View profile
  19. David Michael Shannon 2004-2014 Director View profile
  20. Vivian Gordon Bush 2004-2021 Director View profile
  21. Nigel Frederick Burnett Hodd 2003-2003 Director View profile
  22. Robin Banks 2001-2009 Director View profile
  23. Lyndon Richard Taylor 2001-2015 Director View profile
  24. Rosemarie Naomi Gayzey 1999-2001 Director View profile
  25. Patricia Leaning 1997-1998 Director View profile
  26. David Simon Howarth 1997-1998 Director View profile
  27. John Hamilton Scott 1997-2000 Director View profile
  28. Peter James Warren 1997-1998 Director View profile
  29. Thomas George Bond 1997-1998 Director View profile
  30. Martin Victor Hood 1997-1998 Director View profile
  31. Adrian Hughes 1997-1998 Director View profile
  32. Lyn Fiona Price 1996-1998 Director View profile
  33. Christopher George Dudley Rushen 1996-1998 Director View profile
  34. Grant Alexandor Reid 1996-1998 Director View profile
  35. Susan Rosemary Bowers 1996-1998 Director View profile
  36. John Graham Bassett 1996-1998 Director View profile
  37. Frank John Petticrew 1996-1998 Director View profile
  38. Martin Victor Hood 1996-1998 Director View profile
  39. Lawrence Falk 1995-1998 Director View profile
  40. Professor Nicholas James Rumney 1995-1996 Director View profile
  41. Brian John Toye 1995-1996 Director View profile
  42. Elizabeth Clare Frost 1995-2007 Director View profile
  43. Surainder Kumar Puri 1995-1998 Director View profile
  44. John Beverley Bristow 1995-1998 Director View profile
  45. Simon David Browning 1994-1995 Director View profile
  46. Trevor John Warburton 1994-2014 Director View profile
  47. Stephen James Brophy 1994-1998 Director View profile
  48. Janet Helen Silver 1994-1996 Director View profile
  49. Stephen Harold Reily 1993-1998 Director View profile
  50. Philip Harry Daniels 1993-1995 Director View profile
  51. Richard James Manns 1993-1998 Director View profile
  52. Ann Patricia Duignan 1993-1994 Director View profile
  53. Helen Ann Short 1993-1995 Director View profile
  54. Ian Wallace Shaw 1993-1998 Director View profile
  55. Kenneth Alfred Nichols 1993-1998 Director View profile
  56. Lynne Rachelle Speedwell 1992-1994 Director View profile
  57. Anthony John Collinge 1992-1995 Director View profile
  58. Rosemarie Naomi Gavzey 1992-1998 Director View profile
  59. Peter Robert Worden 1992-1993 Director View profile
  60. Hugh Macarthur Campbell 1992-1998 Director View profile
  61. Elizabeth Anna Williams 1992-1998 Director View profile
  62. Jonathan Guy Dodgson Kay 1995 Director View profile
  63. John Christopher Symes 1995 Director View profile
  64. Patrick George Rope 2001 Director View profile
  65. Peter Malcolm Coleman 1994 Director View profile
  66. Grant Ewing Mcleish 2003 Director View profile
  67. Lynn Susan Hansford 2008 Director View profile
  68. Malcolm Donald Gray 1998 Director View profile
  69. Robert Ian Yarrow 1996 Director View profile
  70. Roger Graham Hulett 1996 Director View profile
  71. Michael Noel Charlton 2014 Director View profile
  72. Dr Martin Rubenstein 1992 Director View profile
  73. David Phillip Austen 1998 Director View profile
  74. John Benjamin David Creighton Lewis 2002 Director View profile
  75. Richard Hoare 1998 Director View profile
  76. Philip Martin Pratt 1992 Director View profile
  77. Margaret Anne Packman 1998 Director View profile
  78. David King 1995 Director View profile
  79. Derek Marcus 2001 Director View profile
  80. Hugh Seymour 1998 Director View profile
  81. Edward Mcvey 2007 Director View profile
  82. Alan James Rundle 1998 Director View profile
  83. Gerard James Mcginty 1992 Director View profile
  84. James Wood 1993 Director View profile
  85. Frank Ernest Barraclough 1995 Director View profile
  86. Samuel Rosenthal 1998 Director View profile
  87. Michael Hargreaves 1996 Director View profile
  88. Daska Barnett 1998 Director View profile
  89. David John Clegg 1995 Director View profile
  90. Jeffrey Thomas Baker 1992 Director View profile
  91. Edmund James Davison Proctor 1993 Director View profile
  92. Hendrena Elizabeth Souten 2004 Director View profile
  93. Stephen Charles Abery 1992 Director View profile
  94. Nora Smith 1993 Director View profile
  95. Peter Cole Yeo 1999 Director View profile
  96. Amy Lilian Isherwood 1996 Director View profile
  97. William Dudley Ashworth 1998 Director View profile
  98. Bruce Drummond 1998 Director View profile
  99. Donald Clinton-Smith 1997 Director View profile
  100. Samuel James Bonnar Barbour 1998 Director View profile
  101. John William Powell 1994 Director View profile
  102. Robert Francis Haigh 1993 Director View profile
  103. Andrew Merry 2008 Director View profile
  104. Donald Alexander Cameron 2006 Director View profile
  105. Steven Anthony King 2007-2012 Secretary View profile
  106. Robert Gurth Hughes 2005-2007 Secretary View profile
  107. Ian Hunter 2005 Secretary View profile

Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.

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Incorporated
20/02/1946
Board analysis

Board DNA

How this board is put together, from the Companies House officer record and Charity Commission trustee records - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Companies House officer record: the current directors only, past directors excluded.

9 directors on the board

3.4y median 3.1y
average tenure
11.1y
longest tenure

Directors past 6 years

First-time vs portfolio directors

First-time (7)

Portfolio (2)

Left in the last 12 months

Where else this board sits iWhere else this board sitsThe charitable fields these directors govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this company and any charity it is the legal face of.

Health and social care 2Arts and leisure 1Finance 1Professional services 1Property 1

The sectors these directors govern in elsewhere. This company, and any charity it is the legal face of, are excluded - counting them would just tell you what you are already looking at.

Sources

Official record from Companies House. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Company number
00404790
Status
Active
Type
PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital)
Edition
Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
Labels
Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.

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