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ABDO Staff
ABDO Staff
Sir Anthony Garrett CBE HonFBDO
General Secretary
Telephone: 01227 733 916
Email: tgarrett@abdo.org.uk
Thurailingam Pavanakumar FCMA CGMA BBA(Hons) HonFBDO
Chief Finance Officer
Telephone: 07951 086 840
Email: pavan@abdo.org.uk
Debbie McGill
Head of Policy and Public Affairs
Telephone: 07506 337401
Email: dmcgill@abdo.org.uk
Max Halford FBDO CL
Clinical Lead
Telephone: 07506 328571
Email: mhalford@abdo.org.uk
Alistair Bridge
Head of Strategy
Telephone: 07506 328584
Email: abridge@abdo.org.uk
Elaine Grisdale FBDO FAAO
Head of Professional Services and International Development
Telephone: 07912 116 567
Email: egrisdale@abdo.org.uk
Antonia Chitty PhD MA BSc(Hons) MCOptom MCIPR MPRCA
Head of Communications and IT
Telephone: 07538 525476
Email: achitty@abdo.org.uk
Carol Smith BA(Hons)
Communications Officer
Telephone: 01227 287199/07494 919533
Email: csmith@abdo.org.uk
Symon Borny
IT Manager
Telephone: 01227 733 928/07506 332 343
Email: sborny@abdo.org.uk
Alexandra Webster MSc, PGDipE, FBDO CL, FHEA, FBCLA
Head of CPD
Telephone: 07494919531
Email: awebster@abdo.org.uk
Alicia Thompson BSc(Hons) FBDO R (Hons) SLD SMC(Tech)
Director of Professional Examinations
Telephone: 07515 427 429
Email: athompson@abdo.org.uk
Mark Chandler
Head of Examinations and Registration
Telephone: 01227 732 920
Email: mchandler@abdo.org.uk
Miranda Richardson BSc(Hons) FBDO
Assistant Director of Professional Examinations
Telephone: 07875 591 667
Email: mrichardson@abdo.org.uk
Emma Hastings
Examinations and Registration Assistant
Telephone: 01227 732 922
Email: ehastings@abdo.org.uk
Molly Hayes
NRC Administrator
Email: reception@abdonrc.org.uk
Rebecca Jasper
NRC Operations Assistant
Telephone: 0121 752 7500
Email: reception@abdonrc.org.uk
Nicky Collinson BA (Hons)
Editor, Dispensing Optics
Telephone: 0797 903 3542
Email: ncollinson@abdo.org.uk
Lakshman Jayatilaka BSc(Bus Ad) FCA(SL) ACMA
Accounts Department
Telephone: 01227 733 907
Email: lakshman@abdo.org.uk