President – Liliana Stankova

Liliana Stankova President At present  Mrs. Stankova works at her own company “Eurooptic” Ltd  as a consultant for  Spectacles and Contact lenses, helping customers solving visual problems. She also has a practice at the VISION Eyeclinic in Sofia as a...

Vice President – Rupal Lovell – Patel

Rupal Lovell – Patel Vice President Rupal completed her BSc Optometry degree at University of Bradford, UK in 1997 and the MCOptom in 1998. Since then, she has spent most of her time in academia whilst still working in clinical practice on a part-time basis. As...

Jose Manuel Gonzalez – Meijome

Jose Manuel Gonzalez – Meijome Graduated with honors as an optometrist at the University of Santiago de Compostela in 1997. After a fellowship at CCLRU, University of New South Wales in Australia, joined the Universidade do Minho in Braga, Portugal where he is...

Fiona Anderson

Fiona Anderson Fiona’s passion for optics was borne as an 11-year-old astigmatic myope – on receiving her first spectacles her life was transformed & this passion has enthused her throughout her career to bring better sight to her patients & information &...

Eva Lazuka

Eva Lazuka – Nicoulaud Eva is Head of Advocacy and Partnerships for Europe and Africa at the OneSight EssilorLuxottica Foundation, a global non-profit organisation whose aim is to “help eliminate uncorrected poor vision in a generation”.  ...

Rob Hogan

Rob Hogan Dr Rob Hogan is a Founding-Trustee of the European Academy of Optometry and Optics. He is a Past-President and a former Trustee of the College of Optometrists; a past Council Member of the GOC and a Past-Chairman of DOCET. He is a Director of...

Daniela Oehring

Daniela Oehring Board of Trustee member Associate Professor of Eye and Vision Science at the University of Plymouth with 10+ years’ experience undertaking research regarding the integrity of the ocular tissue to detect, treat and prevent ocular diseases, as well as a...

Nick Rumney

Nick Rumney Chairman, BBR Optometry Ltd, Hereford, United Kingdom. Honorary Professor of Clinical Optometry, University of Manchester Visiting Professor of Optometry, University of Applied Sciences, Oulu, Finland Immediate Past President, European Academy of Optometry...

Elaine Grisdale

Elaine Grisdale Elaine is Head of Professional Services and International Development for the Association of British Dispensing Opticians (ABDO).  She qualified as a dispensing optician and first registered with the General Optical Council in 1985. She became a...