FMO appoints Conway as chairman

Seiko Optical UK managing director John Conway has started a two-year tenure as the new chairman of the Federation of Manufacturing Opticians.

With 35 years of optical industry experience, he is the first FMO chairman to hold the SMC Tech qualification, and is an accredited chartered director, awarded by the Institute of Directors (IoD), just one of 1,000 UK company directors to hold this title. He plans to draw on his IoD contacts to give insight into governance, procedures and how good businesses run.

A liveryman of the Worshipful Company of Spectacle Makers, Conway also holds professional qualifications from the Chartered Institute of Purchasing and Supply.