General Optical Council

Committee members

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The GOC currently has five Committees which advise the Council on specific areas of its work. These are made up of a combination of professional members (who have an optical qualification) and lay members (who do not). The committees are: 

Companies Committee     
Chair: Director of Regulation     

Lay member

Optometrist

Dispensing Optician

Ophthalmologist
Stuart Heatherington Roger Anderson Jennifer Brower Ahmed Sadiq

Companies Committee also has members who represent business registrants:
Michael Bateman, Brian Carroll, Brian Collison, Jim Gordon, Doug Perkins, Claire Slade, Kevin Thompson 

Education Committee 

    
Chair: Linda Kennaugh     

Lay members

Optometrists

Dispensing Opticians

Ophthalmologist
David Pyle
Suzanne Roff
Michael Yates		 Brendan Barrett
Adrian Jennings
Nicholas Sheen		 Rosemary Bailey
Jo Underwood		  Peter Kyle

Investigation Committee 

    

Lay members

Optometrists

Dispensing Opticians

Ophthalmologist
James Kellock
(Chair)
Stuart Heatherington
Michael Yates		 Lisa Gerson
Kamlesh Gohil
Paul Hutchence		 Chris Burton
Keith Cavaye		  Stuart Roxburgh
Registration Committee     
Chair: Philip Hallam    

Lay members

Optometrists

Dispensing Opticians

Bodies Corporate
Representative
Gary Ames
Susan Elsmore		 Deacon Harle
Bina Patel		 Michelle Derbyshire
Kim Devlin		  1 x vacancy

Standards Committee 

    
Chair: Linda Kennaugh    

Lay members

Optometrists

Dispensing Opticians

Ophthalmologist
Anne Grocock David Cartwright
Christine Edwards
Margaret McMullan		 Rosemary Bailey
Ian Pyzer
Susan Southgate		  Wojciech Karwatowski