British Contact Lens Association

The British Contact Lens Association is an educational and scientific membership organization formed in 1977.

In 2013 it had 2000 members. It organizes an annual Clinical Conference and Exhibition. In 2015 the main themes were myopia management and presbyopia correction. It will be organizing a research symposium in March 2016 with the Netherlands Contact Lens Congress.

The current BCLA President is Neil Retallic

A President is elected for either one or two years

Previous Presidents have included:


 * Indie Grewal (Optometrist)
 * Jonathon Bench (Optometrist)
 * Sunil Shah (Ophthalmologist)
 * Keith Tempany (Optician)
 * Brian Tompkins (Optometrist)
 * Andy Yorke
 * Susan Bowers (Optometrist)

The Current CEO is Luke Stevens-Burt (Since April 2020)

Previous CEOs have included

Cheryl Donnell (until March 2020)

Vivian Freeman

Global Ambassadors
The BCLA selects Global Ambassadors, who must be Fellows of the BCLA, and "work towards helping us reach a wider global audience by sharing BCLA news and updates with professional networks across the regions. Each of them play a key role in bringing research, skills and knowledge development to like-minded professionals with an interest in contact lens and anterior eye care." As of 2024, the Global Ambassadors are:


 * Melissa Barnett (The Americas)
 * David Berkow (Middle East/Africa)
 * Nicole Carnt (Australasia)
 * Karen Carrasquillo (The Americas)
 * Jennifer Craig (Australasia)
 * Daddi Fadel (Europe)
 * Amod Gogate (Asia)
 * Kurt Moody (The Americas)
 * Pauline Cho (Asia)
 * Fernando J Fernandez-Velazquez (Europe)
 * Joserine Samson (Middle East/Africa)
 * Jacinto Santodomingo-Rubido (Europe)
 * Bridgitte Shen Lee (The Americas)
 * Fabrizio Zeri (Europe)