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Board | Accreditation Committee| How we accredit | Meet our team

Initial contact with the Board:

Petra Nannes

Petra Nannes is an acupuncturist and works for the Board two days a week. Petra deals with the Board agenda, papers and minutes, manages the Boards financial record keeping, and ensures that the Board meets the requirements of Companies House.

   

Pippa Sequeira is an acupuncturist and also works for the Board two days a week. Pippa deals with the Accreditation Committee agenda, papers and minutes, updates the website, and has most contact with the teaching institutions.

   

Petra and Pippa both work from home one day a week and at the Board’s office one day a week. All other officers work from home.
   

Accreditation Officers (AOs):

Accreditation Officers work with specific teaching institutions, dealing with any queries, commenting on draft papers, organising and undertaking visits, both annually and for accreditation purposes, and drafting responses on behalf of the Accreditation Committee to any submitted documentation or visit undertaken.

We currently have two AOs:
Roger Hill

Roger Hill is a retired acupuncturist who practised for over 30 years.  He was co-Founder/Director of the Centre for Complementary Health Studies at the University of Exeter.  He has also served as Chairman of the Lay Panel of the College of Optometrists and been a member of its Council and academic and research committees.

   
Allen Parrott


Allen Parrott is an adult educationist who was Dean of Adult and Community Education at Yeovil College and a lecturer in the School of Education at Exeter University.  As well as his work for the Board, he is currently working as an educational adviser for the Kent, Surrey and Sussex Deanery in the NHS.
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Strategic Officer of the Board and Chair of the Accreditation Committee
Ruth Champion

Ruth Champion has worked with the Board for 10 years and was previously Head of the Faculty of Healthcare studies at Oxford Brookes University. She co-ordinates Board activity and liaises both with the BAcC and with the Council of Heads of Acupuncture Courses (CHAC).

 

The Chair of the Board
Rita Lewis
 Rita Lewis sits on disciplinary panels for the Nursing and Midwifery Council and the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants. She is also member of the BAcC Ethics Policy Committee. Before becoming the Chair of the Board, Rita served as a member representing a public interest.
 

Treasurer
Rosemary Richardson
 Dr Rosemary Richardson has had wide experience of curriculum development within health care settings. She has taught diverse groups of health professionals and as a treasurer of the Board has responsibility for overseeing the managment of the Board's finance.
 

Financial and Legal Advisor
Dan Regan


Dan Regan was the Chief Executive and Director of Finance of a London borough. He is a Member of the Bar and of the Chartered Institute of Finance and Accountancy (CIPFA). He holds a number of chairmanships and advisory positions for voluntary organisations. He advises the Board on all legal and financial issues.


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