Optical organisations

Dionne Spence joins the optical regulator following roles at the Financial Ombudsman Service and Prison and Probation Ombudsman

Dr Subo Shanmuganathan joins the optical regulator

Optometrist Professor Jonathan Jackson is appointed at the Dublin Institute of Optometry

The Worshipful Company of Spectacle Makers appoints new master

Professor Brian Layland steps down as chair and director at the Institute

Lesley Longstone has been appointed to provide interim cover while chief executive and registrar, Vicky McDermott, takes a period of absence

The managing director of Performance Finance, Stuart Burn, takes over FMO role from Heidelberg Engineering’s Krysten Williams

Katrina Venerus will join Primary Care Support England’s ophthalmic payments service line as a special adviser

Professor Kovin Naidoo has stepped down as CEO of the Brien Holden Vision Institute and its foundation

Chief executive of the British Contact Lens Association, Cheryl Donnelly, and newly-appointed president, Sunil Shah, tell OT  how the profession is diversifying from its traditional role