BCLA appoints new chief executive

Brad Parkes, a qualified dispensing optician and contact lens optician and former Specsavers director, has succeeded Luke Stevens-Burt to become the new chief executive of the BCLA. 

Parkes was said to bring a wealth of experience, as a director of two Specsavers stores between 1993 and 2022 and author of Making Clubs Work, displaying his passion for membership organisations. 

He said: 'This role is a perfect combination of two of my biggest passions; the work of our collective professions in providing the best eye care to the public, and the importance of membership organisations in bringing people together with shared vision, passions and skills for the greater good of our community and wider society.