Mike Hale You are now in the second and final year of your stint as president. How did you first get involved with the College of Optometrists?
Ed Mallen I owe a lot to this institution because the College funded my PhD when I was a research scholar. Without that funding, I wouldn’t be where I am now. After completing the PhD, I presented at Optometry Tomorrow, this was around 2007, and I just got chatting to a few people and then vacancies came up on the council. So, I stood as a councillor for the West Midlands because I was still locuming in that area at the time. I applied and I was successfully elected to the council.
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