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John Conrad
With a long background in public health, first as a hospital mortuary technician and then via chiropody school to run a local authority mortuary, John has seen life from a different point from most of us, but has survived to study environmental health starting with the Btec courses at Weston College and moving on to greater things, eventually gaining a second class higher degree from UWE Bristol in the bargain.
An opportunity arose to examine Health and Safety compliance within the Nail Bar sector of the Beauty Industry, and as a result, he has been a useful source of information on this subject for some time.
A visiting lecturer at UWE Bristol, Bath University and the City of Bristol College, John is married with three children and two grandchildren, and reckons that the latter are great fun to be with especially as they can be wound up and handed back to their parents to cope with the after effects. He lives just outside Bristol, is married to Sue and is employed as an Environmental Health Officer by Bristol City Council public health and safety team.
Elizabeth Raymond Brown, Phd, CRadP, MSRP
Previously a lecturer in Laser Safety at Loughborough University and Head of Lasers at Loughborough College.
Elizabeth authored the internationally recognised BTEC qualifications in medical and aesthetic laser/IPL therapies and contributed to the national occupational standards in light based therapies.
She is currently Director of Education at LCS Academy Ltd in Milton Keynes providing education and compliance services to the private and public sectors through courses, workshops and training events.
Elizabeth speaks regularly at conferences on laser and IPL safety and light based technologies and is a certificated Laser/IPL Protection Adviser to a number of clinics and facilities.
Clair Bennett , Member of Council, British Association of Beauty Therapy and Cosmetology
BABTAC (the British Association of Beauty Therapy & Cosmetology) has been the professional face of beauty and holistic therapy for over 30 years. It is the premier UK and international association for beauticians and therapists and is widely recognised as one of the longest standing and most influential bodies for the industry.
Sally Taber, Director Independent Healthcare Advisory Services
Sally Taber is the Director of Independent Healthcare Advisory Services Ltd, (IHAS), which maintains the only impartial network serving the operational needs of the independent healthcare industry in the four UK countries.
All the major independent healthcare providers, and most of the smaller ones, are subscribers to IHAS.
At the request of the government the IHAS is taking forward a cosmetic industry shared regulation regime for use of Botulinum toxins and dermal fillers.
She co-chaired the nursing partnership group with the Chief Nurse for six years.
Sally has worked in the independent sector for over 20 years and was the Director of Nursing at the Independent London Bridge Hospital. She advised the Royal College of Nursing on the independent sector for four years and wrote the strategy for the College in relation to the independent sector.
Sally qualified as a Registered General Nurse at the Royal Free Hospital in London and is also a qualified midwife from Queen Charlotte’s Hospital, again in London. After a period working abroad, she specialised in urological and renal nursing, holding senior posts at St Mary’s Hospital Paddington, Addenbrooke’s Hospital in Cambridge and St Mary’s Hospital in Portsmouth. She pioneered the role of Transplant Co-ordinator in the renal field, becoming the Secretary of the European Dialysis and Transplant Nurses Association. She is now the Chair of the British Kidney Patients Association.
Christine Heemskerk, Lead Officer, TSI
The Trading Standards Institute is a not-for-profit professional body formed in 1881. We have members in the public and private sectors in the UK and abroad. The Trading Standards Institute encourages honest enterprise and business and helps safeguard the economic, environmental, health and social well-being of consumers.
Debra Redbourn, Cosmetic Regulations Advisor dR Cosmetic Regulations, UK
Since gaining a degree in Cosmetic Science and Chemistry Debra has 25 years working in the cosmetics industry; first in formulation development and a manufacturing environment working for a fragrance company then a cosmetic and toiletry manufacturer. However, she has been working on regulations since 1998 when she joined CTPA, the UK cosmetic trade association as scientific officer. She was involved in the Guide to the Health & Safety of Salon Hair Products since its concept, and as a member of the CTPA Hair dressing Salon Working Group, all updated editions also.
Debra has been self-employed since 1996 advising companies on the regulations affecting the marketing of cosmetic products internationally. She has been a lecturer and regular presenter at conferences and workshops.
John-Paul Bove, South Gloucestershire Council
Whilst working at Bristol City Council John-Paul was involved in a project looking at Nail Bars throughout the city. This pioneering work started small but by the end of the project he had worked with HABIA on their Code of Practice as well as working with the HSL and feeding back the results of the project to CIEH conference and also the HSE’s Asthma Working Group.
Since moving to South Gloucestershire Council, John-Paul has continued his involvement with the beauty sector, authoring articles for trade and professional magazines as well as continuing to speak on beauty sector related safety issues. John-Paul is still working in South Gloucestershire Council, where his particular specialism is stress at work, and where he is actively involved in providing training for small and medium businesses in the area.
Jenny Morris, Principle policy officer, CIEH
Jenny Morris is an environmental health practitioner leading on food policy issues at the Chartered Institute of Environmental Health, the professional, awarding and campaigning body at the forefront of environmental and public health and safety in England, Wales and Northern Ireland. She is a Chartered Environmental health practitioner and has a Bachelors degree in Environmental Health, a Masters degree in Food Safety and a Masters degree in Business Administration, the research element of which considered the use of Social Marketing in Local Authority Food Safety campaigns.
Jenny is a member of the Advisory Committee on the Microbiological Safety of Food, a statutory committee that provides expert advice to Government on questions relating to microbiological issues and food. Her current responsibilities include day to day working with government to advise on proposed changes to food safety regulation and liaising with environmental health practitioners, industry and consumers to deliver high standards of food safety. She regularly speaks at conferences and comments in the media.
Jenny also works at European level with food safety professionals from other Member States. She is currently the Secretary to the European Food Law Enforcement Practitioners Forum (FLEP), an informal group with contact points in some 32 countries, set up to assist European food control authorities to exchange information, address inconsistencies and share approaches to practical enforcement problems.
Prior to working in food safety Jenny managed her own small food business and is a qualified chef and food safety trainer.
Dr Wyman Chan, BDS (Lond.); LDS, RCS (Eng.); IADFE
Wyman is the Founder of smilestudio Teeth Whitening Academy and a founding member of the British Dental Bleaching Society. He has worked with all major home and power whitening systems. His innovative research in the field of teeth whitening led to five UK granted patents and several more pending. Through his research and experience of treating thousands of patients, Wyman has discovered some important phenomena in the texture of teeth, and utilised them to establish important protocols and metrics that have contributed to the understanding and improvement on safety, efficacy and predictability of teeth-whitening processes.
He has many articles published and lectures internationally and runs regular hands-on power whitening seminars in London, UK.
Elizabeth Raymond Brown, Phd, CRadP, MSRP
Elizabeth Raymond Brown was previously a lecturer in Laser Safety at Loughborough University and Head of Lasers at Loughborough College. Elizabeth authored the internationally recognised BTEC qualifications in medical and aesthetic laser/IPL therapies and contributed to the national occupational standards in light based therapies.
She is currently Director of Education at LCS Academy Ltd in Milton Keynes providing education and compliance services to the private and public sectors through courses, workshops and training events. Elizabeth speaks regularly at conferences on laser and IPL safety and light based technologies and is a certificated Laser/IPL Protection Adviser to a number of clinics and facilities.