Our management

Antony Townsend – Chief Executive

Antony took up his post in 2006, having been Chief Executive at the General Dental Council (GDC) from 2001.

At the GDC he led a large reform programme to modernise dental regulation involving legislative, structural and operational change and including the extension of regulation to new groups of dental professionals.

Before this, Antony held a number of senior roles at the General Medical Council, including Director of Standards and Education, and Head of Conduct.

In all these roles, he worked extensively with the regulators of other professions, consumer organisations, professional representatives and Government. His earlier career was with the Home Office, where he worked primarily on criminal justice issues.

Our senior management team

• Mike Jeacock – Executive Director of Authorisation
• Samantha Barrass – Executive Director of Education and Training, Supervision, Risk and International Affairs
• David Middleton – Executive Director of Legal and Enforcement
• Richard Collins – Executive Director of Policy, Standards, Strategy and Research

High-level management structure

• Chief Executive – Antony Townsend
  • Executive Director Education and Training, Supervision, Risk and International Affairs – Samantha Barrass
    • Director Supervision – Vacant
    • Director Education and Training (interim) – Yve Schelhaas
    • Director Risk – Andrew Garbutt
  • Executive Director Authorisation and Operations – Mike Jeacock
    • Director Authorisation – John Withington
    • Director Intelligence and Investigation – Steve Wilmott
    • Director Post Enforcement (interim) – Helen Herniman
    • Business Planning and Performance –  Richard Worthington
    • Enabling Programme (EP) – Marc Baker
    • Head of Outsourcing and Operations Support – Rose McCabrey
    • Head of Contact Centre – Tina Till
      
  • Executive Director Legal and Enforcement – David Middleton
    • Head of Legal  and Enforcement – Jenny Johnson
    • Head of Legal Policy and Advice – Carol Westrop
    • Chief Adjudicator – Nabila Zulfiqar
  • Executive Director of Policy, Standards, Strategy and Research – Richard Collins
    • Head of Ethics Guidance – Maria round
    • Regulatory Policy Manager – David Hackett
    • Strategy and Research – Tim Livesley
    • Financial Regulation Policy Manager – Agnieszka Scott
  • Director Communications – Angeline Burton
  • Director Inclusion – Mehrunnisa Lalani

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