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.

In May 2013, Antony announced his intention to step down as SRA Chief Executive. More

Our senior management team

• Samantha Barrass – Executive Director of Supervision, Authorisation, and Intelligence and Investigation
• David Middleton – Executive Director of Legal and Enforcement, and Post Enforcement
• Richard Collins – Executive Director of Policy, Risk, Strategy, Communications, Standards and Research
• Alan Vallance – Group Chief Operating Officer

Upper-level management

Updated 16 May 2013

• Chief Executive – Antony Townsend
  • • Director of Education and Training (interim) – Mandy Gill
    • Director of Inclusion – Mehrunnisa Lalani
    • Director for Performance and Delivery (interim) – Sarah David
    • Head of Contact Centre – Tina Till
  • Executive Director of Supervision, Authorisation, and Intelligence and Investigation – Samantha Barrass
    • Director of Supervision – Mike Haley
    • Director of Intelligence and Investigation – Steve Wilmott
    • Director of Authorisation – Annette Lovell
  • Executive Director of Legal and Enforcement, and Post Enforcement – David Middleton
    • Head of Legal and Enforcement – Jenny Johnson
    • Head of Legal Policy and Advice – Carol Westrop
    • Head of Legal Operations – Bhupinder Gill
    • Chief Adjudicator – Nabila Zulfiqar
    • Director of Post-Enforcement – Helen Herniman
    • Director of Enforcement – vacant
  • Executive Director of Policy, Risk, Strategy, Communications, Standards and Research – Richard Collins
    • Head of Ethics Guidance – Maria Round
    • Chief Economist – Tim Livesley
    • Director of Policy – Agnieszka Scott
    • Director of Risk – Andrew Garbutt
    • Director of Communications – Angeline Burton

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