AOP - Key Persons


Adam Sampson - CEO

Job Titles:
  • Chief Executive

Aishah Fazlanie

Job Titles:
  • Clinical Adviser

Andrew Herbert

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Board
  • Lay Member

Andy Kyriakides

Job Titles:
  • Digital Manager

Anjola Sulaiman

Job Titles:
  • PR and Media Executive

Anna Emerson-Moering

Job Titles:
  • Paralegal

Ava Williams

Job Titles:
  • Events Manager

Carle Baxter

Job Titles:
  • Customer Services Representative

Carolyn Ruston

Job Titles:
  • Policy Director

Cassandra Dighton

Job Titles:
  • Professional Discipline

Ceri Smith-Jaynes

Job Titles:
  • Clinical Editor, Multimedia, OT

Charlotte Massey

Job Titles:
  • Reception and Facilities Officer
  • Support Services

Charlotte Page

Job Titles:
  • Customer Services Representative

Clare McEvoy - CHRO

Job Titles:
  • Head of Human Resources

Claudia De Silva

Job Titles:
  • Paralegal

Dharmesh Patel

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Board

Efa Schmidt

Job Titles:
  • Head of Clinical Negligence

Elin Daniel

Job Titles:
  • Commercial Administrator

Ella Franci

Job Titles:
  • Director of Legal and Regulatory

Emily McCormick

Job Titles:
  • Editor

Emma Brindley

Job Titles:
  • Solicitor

Emma Jane Spofforth - Chairman

Job Titles:
  • Chairman of the Board

Farah Topia

Job Titles:
  • Clinical Adviser

Francesca Marchetti

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Board

Freya Stenton

Job Titles:
  • External Affairs Officer

Guy Foxen

Job Titles:
  • Digital Marketing and Communications Executive

Henry Leonard

Job Titles:
  • Head of Clinical and Regulatory

Ian Beasley

Job Titles:
  • Head of Education
  • Clinical Editor
  • Education
Ian Beasley Head of education and OT  clinical editor ianbeasley@aop.org.uk 020 7549 2033

Janice Phillips

Job Titles:
  • Head of Support Services, Executive Assistant

John White - CCO

Job Titles:
  • Communications Director

Josie Evans

Job Titles:
  • Chairman of the Membership Committee

Katharine Germishuys

Job Titles:
  • Legal Adviser

Kathy Jones

Job Titles:
  • Policy Advisor

Katie Holland

Job Titles:
  • Solicitor

Kevin Wallace

Job Titles:
  • Chairman of the Policy Committee
  • Clinical Adviser

Khalid Malook

Job Titles:
  • Finance Officer

Kimberley Young

Job Titles:
  • Senior Reporter

Laurence Derbyshire

Job Titles:
  • Video Production Editor

Leah Boyle


Liz Stephenson

Job Titles:
  • Employment
  • Solicitor - Head of Employment

Louisa Cliff

Job Titles:
  • Marketing Manager

Louise Wilkinson

Job Titles:
  • Employment Solicitor

Lucy Miller

Job Titles:
  • Deputy Editor

Maria Kyriacou


Nan Mousley

Job Titles:
  • Solicitor

Osman Malik

Job Titles:
  • IT Support Technician / Communications

Paul O'Connor

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Board
  • Lay Member

Peter Hampson

Job Titles:
  • Clinical and Professional Director

Rachel Hiscox

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Board

Raisa Murtaza

Job Titles:
  • Solicitor - Maternity Leave

Rita Davids

Job Titles:
  • Membership Benefits Officer

Rohama Jan

Job Titles:
  • Policy Officer

Roshni Kanabar

Job Titles:
  • Clinical Adviser

Ross Cartwright

Job Titles:
  • Head of Digital

Saqib Ahmad

Job Titles:
  • Policy Officer

Selina Powell

Job Titles:
  • Features Editor

Suzanne Page

Job Titles:
  • Head of Membership

Vijay Anand

Job Titles:
  • Chairman of the Hospital Optometrists Committee
  • Member of Committee

Wendy Andrusco - CFO

Job Titles:
  • Deputy Chief Executive
  • Finance Director

Wendy Steele - Chief Commercial Officer

Job Titles:
  • Commercial Director

Zainab Moawalla

Job Titles:
  • Finance Assistant