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Peter Black took over from Jennifer Brower as ABDO president at Optrafair 2013 in Birmingham, where he was also interviewed by Joe Ayling.

Refraction warrior Peter Black has been appointed as the new president of the Association of British Dispensing Opticians (ABDO).

The Sunday of last month's Optrafair was a particularly busy one for him, spending the day manning ABDO's stand before an official handover ceremony that evening. With a strong appetite for the job ahead though, there was still time to talk Optician through his plans.

Black, also a director of Conlons Opticians in the North West, told of his ambition to enhance career opportunities for dispensing opticians. Winning the right to refract, a subject causing quite a stir last year (News 24.02.13), was very much on the agenda.