Executive Office |
Mike Kimmons
Chief Executive
Tel: 020 7405 6507
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As CEO, Mike's principal focus is on the BOA's future strategy for UK T&O, its influence with the government, DH and partner organisations, the Association's financial health, and above all its attraction to the membership. His previous career in the Royal Navy included 12 years in Whitehall focused on policy, planning, communication and change delivery. |
Celia Jones
Personal Assistant to the Executive
Tel: 020 7406 1755
MikeKimmons@boa.ac.uk |
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As Personal Assistant, Celia supports the President, CEO and other Officers.
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David Adams
Assistant BON Editor
Tel: 020 7405 6507
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Although officially in semi-retirement, David's principal responsibility is providing assistance to the Editor of BON, which enables the production of the four annual copies of our Members only newsletter to run smoothly. Having immense personal knowledge of the intricacies of the BOA through many years in the previous role of CEO, he also provides invaluable advice to the current CEO and other staff on issues related to our prestigious heritage. |
Aimee Alison
Office Co-ordinator
Tel: 020 7405 6507
reception@boa.ac.uk |
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Aimee is an integral part of the team being the first point of contact for the British Orthopaedic Association and the first face you see when visiting the offices. Aimee manages the hiring out of the Boardroom as well as the British Casting Certificate Course. She also deals with incoming and outgoing post, responding to your queries and ensuring that the BOA runs smoothly. |
Corporate Affairs |
Simon Scott
Communications Adviser
Tel: 07730 989 692
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Simon Scott was appointed in January 2010 to raise the media profile of the BOA, develop better links with political and governmental decision-makers and improve its communication with members. He is a media specialist whose contacts extend across the entire spectrum of print, broadcast, newswire and .com. He has worked for the COI, Price Waterhouse, Bell Pottinger and Edelman, where he was Head of Media Relations. His clients have included UPS, Commercial Union, Yellow Pages, McGraw-Hill, Coopers & Lybrand, Deloitte, Bank Boston, Richard Ellis, ICN Pharmaceuticals and the Department of Health. |
Rosanna Raison
Corporate Affairs Assistant
Tel: 020 7406 1750
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Rosanna's role involves working closely with her colleagues in the Corporate Affairs team and the CEO in monitoring policy in relation to the BOA’s core objectives. This includes tracking the changes currently being implemented in the NHS. She also assists in providing executive support to the BOA's Council, Executive group and all BOA committees, in addition to being part of the website development team. |
Zín Derfoufi
Corporate Affairs Assistant
Tel: 020 7406 1769
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Zin works within the Corporate Affairs team and is responsible for monitoring and assisting in the implementation of policy relating to the BOA and Trauma & Orthopaedics as well as providing executive support to the BOA’s Council, Executive group, the CEO and all BOA committees. |
Finance & Membership |
Liz Fry
Finance Manager
Tel: 020 7406 1758
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Liz is an Associate of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants, she and her team are in the process of reconfiguring the financial controls within the BOA. She works closely with the CEO and Treasurer to set the subscription rates, budgets, cash flow and five year forecasts for the BOA. Liz is supported by her team in maintaining the financial systems, accounts and reports in compliance with the Charity Commission's SORP and ensuring the funding integrity, sustainability and future viability of the BOA. |
Michelle De Atouguia
Senior Finance Assistant
Tel: 020 7406 1759
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As second in command to our finance Manager Liz, Michelle spends most of her time recording and reconciling day to day cash movements, invoicing customers and collecting outstanding monies. It also falls under her responsiblilty to take a lead in standardising and improving our current processes. Michelle is also an Associate of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants. |
Leslie O'Leary
Membership Administrator
Tel: 020 7406 1762
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Leslie maintains the membership records of the Association. Members are our lifeblood and Leslie is adept at ensuring the accuracy of the records and in liaising with members in response to their many queries. She also sends out all the Presidential emails, Meetings Bulletins and other bulk messages to the membership and reports to the Executive 4 times a year with all changes and queries. |
Hayley Oliver
Finance Assistant
Tel: 020 7406 1760
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As one of the finance team, Hayley's main role is in the processing and payment of expense claims and supplier invoices. She also processes cheques received for Subscriptions Invoices, Joint Action and Orthocard™ donations, Casting Courses and Instructional Courses. |
Miranda Boyce
Finance Assistant Membership
Tel: 020 7406 1761
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Miranda is the membership finance assistant. She deals with all queries related to the Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery and Direct Debits. She processes all manual credit card payments for membership subscriptions, instructional courses, casting courses and the annual congress. She assists Liz with the annual renewal run and sends out all subscription reminders. |
Events & Specialist Societies |
Hazel Choules
Head of Events – BOA & Specialist Societies
Tel: 020 7406 1763
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Hazel co-ordinates and manages the overall ten year programme, this includes the Annual Congress; the Instructional Course; the ABC and ASG Fellowship programmes while in the UK. The Events programme is a core element of the BOA benefits package and business model. Also included in her role is the help and assistance she gives to a number of Specialist Societies in regard to membership issues. |
Janet Mills
Exhibition Manager
Tel: 02392 570 888
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Janet will be known to many event exihibitors and delegates as the face of the exhibition. As such, she has been responsible for the launch of thousands of stands over the years and continues to cajole existing exhibitors to attend again and to introduce new companies to the exhibition. |
Claire Wilson
Congress and Courses Project Manager
Tel: 020 7406 1756
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Claire's role is focused on the planning and work that goes into ensuring our Annual Congress and other BOA-Organised events & courses are successful. Not only to our members and delegates, but to us as an organisation; constantly striving to learn from our experiences to deliver ever stronger and relevant events that meet the diverse needs of our membership. She is also charged with the production of our literature to ensure that we are open and accessible to our membership. |
Rosemarie Ricciardi
Executive Assistant, British Foot & Ankle Society
Tel: 020 7406 1768
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Rosemarie is the sole, employed coordinator of the rapidly expanding British Foot & Ankle Society. Her role has many facets to it; from the promotion of the society throughout UK and internationally for Foot & Ankle surgical research, keeping the dialogue open between the BOA and the Royal College of surgeons, liaising with the society's membership and arranging their annual scientific meeting. |
Joint Action & Orthocard |
Peter Foy
Joint Action Development Manager
Tel: 020 7406 1767
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A Not-for-profit specialist and associate of the Chartered Institute of Marketing, Peter's role is to develop and deploy the Fundraising Research arm of the BOA. 'Accredited and Audited' for best practice by the AMRC and recognised with 'Partnership Status' at the NIHR, Joint Action is the European trademark holder of The Orthocard™ and a growing, independent source of funds for Trauma & Orthopaedic Research. Peter's former roles include Donor Development & Trusts manager for the Church of England and prior to his move into the 3rd sector, Sponsorship Manager for Marketing Week. |
Lauren Rich
Joint Action Support Assistant
Tel: 020 7406 1767
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Lauren spends her time communicating with and engaging our donors and Orthocard™ holders through the creation of quarterly newsletters, responding to donations and encouraging local and regional events. She also manages our grant application process and once successfully awarded, makes sure the projects come into fruition through their regular progress reports that she compiles as part of her support of the Joint Action Advisory Board. She finds it really interesting to understand the background of how medical advance takes place through research, especially as her Grandpa has had numerous hip replacements/revisions which “keep popping out”. |
Information Services |
Richard McGrath
Information Services Manager
Tel: 020 7405 6507
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Richard is responsible for the effective and efficient management of the website, the administration of the BOA HQ information systems and databases, overall co-ordination of the annual census, and control of the internal BOA computer network. |