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Q&A: David Samuel reflects on his career in optics

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David Samuel, managing director of the Eyesite group of practices, talks to Mike Hale about his background in optics and his upcoming lectures on contact lenses and business at Optrafair 2017

How did you first get involved with optics?

David Samuel In 1984 I left school after a term of sixth form and tried to get a job in the financial sector. I was struggling to achieve this and so went to an interview in TH Collison in Slough for a trainee dispensing optician role primarily to practice my interviewing skills. On my way home the manager called my dad to see if he thought I would attend college having just dropped out of school. They figured it all out between them and I took the job and started day release training.

How did you get first get involved at Eyesite?

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