Ellis & Killpartrick joins Hakim Group

Independent Ellis & Killpartrick has joined the Hakim Group, with three practice staff taking director positions, in a partnership that is expected to ‘drive future growth and success’.

Founded in Bath by optometry graduates Michael Killpartrick and Brian Ellis in 1979, the independent expanded first to Cheltenham in 1998 and later to Tetbury in 2019.

Longstanding employees Oscar Martinez, Christine Clancy and Chloe Blacker have been appointed as directors and Killpartrick said he was excited to hand over the day-to-day management of the practices.