David Hewlett

David Hewlett is the Chief Executive of the FODO Group whose members deliver 85% of primary eye care in the UK and 55% in the Republic of Ireland.  He is also a trustee of the Royal National Institute of Blind People (RNIB) and, previously, the long-standing Vice-Chair of the UK sight-loss charity Action for Blind People.  He is a medieval linguist by background, a European and Global citizen by choice and a life-long Trade Unionist and fighter for social justice by conviction.  Until he joined FODO in 2005, he was a senior civil servant in the UK Departments of Health and Social Security responsible for, amongst other things, NHS hospitals and specialised services.