Officers:

Chair: John Hopcroft

Optometrist and multiple professional services manager.

Email: chair@avonloc.co.uk

Vice Chair: Mark Humphrey-Ali

Dispensing Optician and independent practice owner. Lead for DO’s and low vision services.

Email: vicechair@avonloc.co.uk

• Treasurer: Andrew Pinn

Independent Optometrist and practice owner,  financial lead for the LOC, lead for BNSSG community cataract follow-up.

Email:treasurer@avonloc.co.uk

Lay Secretary: Carolyn 

• Point of contact for general enquiries.

Email: secretary@avonloc.co.uk

Committee Members:

Amar Shah

Optometrist and hospital optometrist

Andrew Edwards: BaNES Lead: Independent Optometrist and practice owner and lead the Bath and North East Somerset area

Email:bath@avonloc.co.uk

Lynne Fernandes: Independent Optometrist and practice owner, Optometrist at BEH and Associate Lecturer at UWE. Avon LOC representative for NHS England PLDP (performers list decision panel) South, South West; and referral guidelines lead.

Amy Hughes: Clinical Lead for Primary Eyecare Services

Mona Thacker: Resident Optometrist at the University of the West of England. CPD lead