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ABDO Staff
Senior leadership team
Alistair Bridge
Chief executive
Gavin Berkerey
Communications and engagement director
Max Halford FBDO CL
Clinical and policy director
Miranda Richardson BSc(Hons) FBDO
Professional qualifications director
Dr Alicia Thompson PhD BSc(Hons) FBDO R (Hons) SLD SMC(Tech)
Research director
Nick Walsh FBDO MBA MCMI MIoL
Corporate services director
Alexandra Webster MSc, PGDipE, FBDO CL, FHEA, FBCLA
Professional development director
ABDO staff
Jane Burnand
PA to the chief executive
Marcel Jung
Interim finance controller
Julie Brown BSc (Hons) MCIPD
HR manager
Ed Fox FBDO
Head of membership
Aaron Holman BSc (Hons)
Membership officer
Amy Seaman FBDO CL PGDip
Clinical and policy manager
Carol Smith BA(Hons)
Communications manager
Sue Bennett
Professional development operations manager
Professional development learning manager
Tina Arbon Black BSc(Hons) FBDO CL
Professional development learning manager
Dean Dunning MEd PGDip Ed BA (Hons) FBDO CL Cert Ed FBCLA FIACLE
Head of qualifications
Mark Chandler
Head of examinations
Sarah Curtis
Examinations officer
Emma Hastings
Examinations officer
Lorraine Chandler
Examinations officer
Sheila Taylor
Examinations officer
Jade Harrison
Examinations officer
David Wilson BA (Hons) PGCE
Examinations officer
Matthew Stringer
NRC operations manager
Rebecca Jasper-Fellows
NRC senior operations assistant
Oluwatosin Adekoya
NRC operations assistant
Ruth Page
NRC operations assistant
Nicky Collinson BA (Hons)
Editor, Dispensing Optics
Lakshman Jayatilaka BSc(Bus Ad) FCA(SL) ACMA
Accounts department