Our Team

With over 29 years of experience in the optical industry, Judy brings a wealth of knowledge, expertise, and passion to our practice.

After qualifying and passing her optometric exams in 1998. Judy began her career as an optometric nurse gaining valuable hands-on experience and developed a deep understanding of what makes a practice run smoothly.

Judy is dedicated to creating a welcoming environment where every patient enjoys their visit and leaves feeling confident in their eyewear. She continues to embrace the latest innovations and optical technology to ensure our patients receive the highest standard of care and service.

Mikey has been in Optics for 10 years. He is dedicated to understanding each patient's unique expectations and he's your guy to find your perfect fashionable eyewear.

His calm nature means he regularly calms Jude when she's stressed (mainly with computers).

With over 20 years of experience in the optical industry, Melissa has worked in a variety of roles, including Optical Assistant, Store Manager, in-Store Trainer, and Contact Lens Support.

She now serves as Practice Administrator, where her passion lies in keeping everything running smoothly behind the scenes and ensuring the practice stays well-organised and efficient.

Sonal is an experienced optometrist, qualified since 2008, with a broad background across various practice settings and a strong interest in contact lens fitting.

Since joining the team over five years ago, Sonal has gained valuable insights from a well-established group while also bringing fresh ideas and approaches to patient care.

Sonal now specialises in myopia control, ortho-keratology, and scleral lens fitting, and takes great pride in guiding patients through their fitting journey and seeing the positive impact it has on their vision and quality of life.

With over 28 years of experience in optics, Hazel qualified in 2002. Throughout her career, she has held a variety of roles including staff trainer, Branch Manager, Dispensing Optician, and Contact Lens Optician.

Hazel spent 19 years working for a national optical company before gaining further experience with several multiple practices. She joined CLP in 2024 and has found the work to be far more rewarding, varied, and exciting.

Hazel takes great pride in her role and enjoys the high level of job satisfaction it brings.

With over 13 years experience in Optics, Chris is often the first friendly face to greet you when you arrive at the Practice or call with a query. He's known for his warm, approachable manner and takes great pride in ensuring every patient feels comfortable and well looked after during their pre-screening before seeing the clinician.

Debbie's career began at The Contact Lens Practice under Geoff, Adrian, and the team, where she developed a passion for complex corneal care and specialist lens fitting. Debbie was fortunate to have the opportunity to work at Birmingham Midland Eye Centre where she qualified in 2001. Both experiences ignited her passion for caring for compromised and complex corneas: particularly keratoconus. She gained extensive experience in both community and hospital eye services, including roles at Wolverhampton, and Queen Elizabeth Hospitals.

After 15 years in hospital-based specialist lens work, Debbie is delighted to have come full circle - returning to The Specialist Contact Lens Practice. Debbie said "it feels wonderful to be home! and I look forward to sharing my experience to help patients achieve the best vision, comfort and confidence possible!"

Zara graduated in Optometry from Aston University in 2020, and completed a post graduate certificate in medical retina in 2023. For the past five years, she's been part of The Eye Collective family, specialising in the fitting of complex contact lenses for conditions such as keratoconus and corneal grafts.

As a member of the College of Optometrists; Zara is committed to on-going professional developments where she's continually expanding her expertise in anterior eye disease and advanced contact lens care.