General Optical Council

Expert Advisory Groups

The purpose of the Expert Advisory Groups (EAGs) is to advise and assist on matters relating to the development and delivery of the ESR. There are two groups, one for optometrists and one for dispensing opticians. 

EAG Terms of Reference  

The full list of EAG members can be found in the tables below: 

Optometrists

Name	Sector
Professor Guntler Loffler	Education
Professor John Siderov	Education
Dr Nik Sheen	Education/NHS Wales, CET provider
Professor Hilary Tompsett	SW Education/Education Committee
Dr William Holmes	Education
Dr Rebekah Stevens	Education
Sally Gosling	Professional body, CET Provider
Poonam Sharma	Commissioner
Dr Nav Gupta	Education visitor panel - OO member
Sarah Canning	NHS - Head of Optometry
Jennifer Chaston	Patient
Dr Imran Jawaid	NHS ophthalmologist and research scientist, CET provider, Education Committee
Claire Slade	Employer
Dr Josie Forte	Companies Committee/employer/Council lead, CET provider
Markham May	Education/Education Visitor Panel

 

Dispensing opticians

Name	Sector
Simon Butterfield	Education
Jay Dermott	Education
Dean Dunning	Education/practising DO
Julie Hughes	Education/Education Visitor Panel
Alicia Thompson	Education/professional body/Education Committee, CET provider
Sarah Joyce	Employer
Gill Robinson	Employer/DO trailblazer group apprenticeships, CET provider
Jay Varia	NHS/practising optometrist /honorary lecturer
Sally Powell	Education visitor panel lay Chair
Kathy Start	Education Committee lay member
Paula Baines	Standards Committee/Education Visitor Panel CLO member
Glenn Tomison	Standards Committee/DO/Council member GOC
Jeet Saimbi	Employer
Eloise Stone	Student DO
Daniel Williams	Patient